Secunia Security Advisory - Beenu Arora has discovered a vulnerability in phpAuction, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
phpAuction "phpinfo.php" Information Disclosure
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31803
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31803/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpAuction 3.x
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DESCRIPTION:
Beenu Arora has discovered a vulnerability in phpAuction, which can
be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
It is possible to view certain system information returned by the
"phpinfo()" function by accessing the phpinfo.php script directly.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.3.0 GPL Basic edition.
Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to phpinfo.php (e.g. with ".htaccess").
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Beenu Arora
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/0809-exploits/phpauction32-rfi.txt
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