From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2007 - 10:47:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Xoops iContent Module "spaw_root" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25522

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25522/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
iContent 4.x (module for Xoops)
http://secunia.com/product/14424/

DESCRIPTION:
Mahmood_ali has discovered a vulnerability in the iContent Module for
Xoops, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information or to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "spaw_root" parameter in
include/wysiwyg/spaw_control.class.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 related to:
SA20558
SA22383

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Mahmood_ali

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4022

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20558:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20558/

SA22383:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22383/

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