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TITLE:
VS-News-System "newsordner" File Inclusion Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24220

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24220/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VS-News-System 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/13508/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VS-News-System, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "newsordner" parameter in show_news_inc.php and
tpl/header.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 vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.2.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ajann and DarkbiteX

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