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TITLE:
MemHT Portal Avatar File Upload Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33626

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33626/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MemHT Portal 4.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20474/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in MemHT Portal, which can be
exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to avatar upload feature of the
profile editor failing to properly validate the type of an uploaded
file. This can be exploited to e.g. upload and execute arbitrary PHP
scripts by passing an allowed MIME media type in the HTTP headers.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.0.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
yeat

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7859

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