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TITLE:
Akarru Social BookMarking Engine "bm_content" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21784

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21784/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Akarru Social BookMarking Engine 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/8567/

DESCRIPTION:
ERNE has discovered a vulnerability in Akarru Social BookMarking
Engine, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "bm_content" parameter in
akarru.gui/main_content.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 0.4.4.120 and has
also been reported in version 0.4.3.34. 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:
ERNE

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2315

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