From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Oct 18 2006 - 02:32:05 CDT

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TITLE:
phpBB News Defilante Horizontale "phpbb_root_path" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22434

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
News Defilante Horizontale 4.x (module for phpBB)
http://secunia.com/product/12339/

DESCRIPTION:
Ashiyane Corporation has reported a vulnerability in the News
Defilante Horizontale module for phpBB, which can be exploited by
malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in
includes/functions_newshr.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.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ashiyane Corporation

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