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TITLE:
mcNews "skinfile" Arbitrary File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14528

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/14528/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
mcNews 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/2257/

DESCRIPTION:
Filip Groszynski has reported a vulnerability in mcNews, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "skinfile" parameter in "header.php" isn't
properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from external and local
resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3 and prior.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Filip Groszynski

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