Secunia Security Advisory - GolD_M has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyReports, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise vulnerable systems.
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TITLE:
phpMyReports "cfgPathModule" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23959
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23959/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpMyReports 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/13374/
DESCRIPTION:
GolD_M has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyReports, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise vulnerable systems.
Input passed to the "cfgPathModule" parameter in
include/lib/lib_head.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 3.0.11. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GolD_M
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3212
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