TITLE:
HostAdmin "path" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18901

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18901/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
HostAdmin 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/2005/

DESCRIPTION:
ReZEN has reported a vulnerability in HostAdmin, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "path" parameter in index.php is not properly
verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited
to include arbitrary files from external and local resources.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ReZEN

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.xorcrew.net/xpa/XPA-HostAdmin.txt

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