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TITLE:
Joomla com_hashcash Component File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21053

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
com_hashcash 1.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/11046/

DESCRIPTION:
Ahmad Maulana has discovered a vulnerability in the com_hashcash
component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "mosConfig_absolute_path" parameter in
components/com_hashcash/server.php isn't properly verified, before it
is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary
files from external and local resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.2.1. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

Set "register_globals" to "Off".

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ahmad Maulana

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv38-matdhule-2006.txt

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