Secunia Security Advisory - GolD_M has reported a vulnerability in Wikivi5, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Wikivi5 "sous_rep" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25170
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25170/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Wikivi5
https://secunia.com/product/14142/
DESCRIPTION:
GolD_M has reported a vulnerability in Wikivi5, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or to
compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "sous_rep" parameter in handlers/page/show.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 vulnerability is reported in the version released on 2005-11-18.
Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GolD_M a.k.a. Mahmood_ali
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://milw0rm.com/exploits/3863
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