Secunia Security Advisory - Rizgar has discovered some vulnerabilities in Web News, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Web News "config[root_ordner]" Multiple File Inclusion
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26398
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26398/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Web News 1.x
https://secunia.com/product/15222/
DESCRIPTION:
Rizgar has discovered some vulnerabilities in Web News, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to
compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "config[root_ordner]" parameter in feed.php,
index.php, and news.php is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local or external resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Rizgar
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