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TITLE:
phpMyPortal "GLOBALS[CHEMINMODULES]" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25210

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25210/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpMyPortal 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/14205/

DESCRIPTION:
Mahmood_ali has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyPortal, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "GLOBALS[CHEMINMODULES]" parameter in
inc/articles.inc.php is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local or remote resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.0.0 RC3. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Mahmood_ali

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3879

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