[SA18346] Phgstats "phgdir" File Inclusion Vulnerability

TITLE:
Phgstats "phgdir" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18346

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18346/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Phgstats 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/6769/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Phgstats, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "phgdir" parameter in "phgstats.inc.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 versions prior to 0.5.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.5.1 or later.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=109955&package_id=118793

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Bjoern Knorr.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=384232

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