From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2006 - 06:17:05 CDT

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TITLE:
BP News "bnrep" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21804

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21804/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
BP News 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/11881/

DESCRIPTION:
SHiKaA has reported a vulnerability in BP News, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "bnrep" parameter in bp_ncom.php is not properly
verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to
execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external
resources.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.01. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
SHiKaA

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2312

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