Secunia Security Advisory - BiNgZa has discovered a vulnerability in NuSEO.PHP, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
NuSEO.PHP "nuseo_dir" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27172
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27172/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
NuSEO.PHP 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16046/
DESCRIPTION:
BiNgZa has discovered a vulnerability in NuSEO.PHP, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to
compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "nuseo_dir" parameter in admin/nuseo_admin_d.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 1.6 Std (trial) edition and
reported in version 1.6 Enterprise edition. Other versions may also be
affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
BiNgZa
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4512
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