Secunia Security Advisory - NoGe has discovered a vulnerability in Multi SEO phpBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Multi SEO phpBB "pfad" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32986
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32986/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Multi SEO phpBB 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20660/
DESCRIPTION:
NoGe has discovered a vulnerability in Multi SEO phpBB, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "pfad" parameter in include/global.php is not
properly verified before being used to include files. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from local and external
resources via URL-encoded NULL bytes.
This vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
NoGe
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7335
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