Secunia Security Advisory - ZeN has discovered a vulnerability in HTMPL, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
HTMPL "help" Command Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33099
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33099/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
HTMPL 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20765/
DESCRIPTION:
ZeN has discovered a vulnerability in HTMPL, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "help" parameter in htmpl_admin.cgi is not
properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to e.g.
inject and execute arbitrary shell commands.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.11. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ZeN
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7404
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