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TITLE:
VoteBox "VoteBoxPath" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14577
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14577/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
VoteBox 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4781/
DESCRIPTION:
SmOk3 has reported a vulnerability in VoteBox, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "VoteBoxPath" parameter in "votebox.php" is not
properly verified before being 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 2.0. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
SmOk3
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.systemsecure.org/wwwboard/messages/295.html
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