Secunia Security Advisory - vitux has reported a vulnerability in the PollXT component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Joomla PollXT Component File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21068
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21068/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
PollXT 1.x (component for Joomla)
http://secunia.com/product/11076/
DESCRIPTION:
vitux has reported a vulnerability in the PollXT 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_pollxt/conf.pollxt.php is not properly verified before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external
resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.22.07. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
vitux
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2029
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