Secunia Security Advisory - Kacper has reported a vulnerability in the Spider Friendly module for phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
phpBB Spider Friendly Module "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22630
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22630/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Spider Friendly 1.x (module for phpBB)
http://secunia.com/product/12465/
DESCRIPTION:
Kacper has reported a vulnerability in the Spider Friendly module for
phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in
admin/modules_data.php is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local or external resources.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.3.10. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kacper
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