Secunia Security Advisory - xoron has discovered a vulnerability in PhpbbXtra, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
PhpbbXtra "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23496
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23496/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
PhpbbXtra 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/12981/
DESCRIPTION:
xoron has discovered a vulnerability in PhpbbXtra, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in
includes/archive/archive_topic.php is not properly verified before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local or external resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
xoron
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3006
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