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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=11879
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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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