Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in the Acajoom GPL component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Joomla Acajoom GPL Component Backdoor Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35732
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35732/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in the Acajoom GPL component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially
compromise a vulnerable system.
The security issue is caused due to a backdoor in the application and
can be exploited to potentially execute arbitrary PHP code.
The security issue is reported in versions downloaded between
2009-06-25 and 2009-06-28. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.2.7.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jan van Niekerk
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ijoobi.com/blog/latest/upgrade-highly-recommended-for-acajoom-gpl-3.2.7.html
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