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TITLE:
eCardMAX HotEditor "first" Local File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24825

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24825/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
eCardMAX HotEditor 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/13880/
eCardMAX HotEditor 4.x (module for MyBB)
http://secunia.com/product/13881/

DESCRIPTION:
Liz0ziM has reported a vulnerability in eCardMAX HotEditor, which can
be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "first" parameter in keyboard.php is not properly
verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to
include arbitrary files from local resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability is reported in HotEditor 4.0 and HotEditor 4.0 for
MyBB. 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:
Liz0ziM

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.expw0rm.com/hot-editor-v40-local-file-inclusion_no113.html
http://www.expw0rm.com/mybb-hot-editor-plugin-local-file-inclusion_no114.html

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