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TITLE:
RSS-aggregator "path" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30768

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30768/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
RSS-aggregator
http://secunia.com/product/19147/

DESCRIPTION:
Ghost Hacker has discovered a vulnerability in RSS-aggregator, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information or compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "path" parameter in display.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.
Successful exploitation from external resources (FTP servers)
requires that "allow_url_fopen" and "allow_url_include" are enabled.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ghost Hacker

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5900

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