TITLE:
Magic News Lite File Inclusion and Profile Update Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18878

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18878/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Reamday Enterprises Magic News Lite 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6981/

DESCRIPTION:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu has discovered some vulnerabilities in Magic
News Lite, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions and to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "php_script_path" parameter in "preview.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.

2) The $passwd, $admin_password, $new_passwd, and $confirm_passwd"
variables in "profile.php" isn't properly initialised before use.
This can be exploited to change the administrator's password in
"config.php" without requiring a valid logon.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 1.2.3. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified, and
that variables are initialised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://evuln.com/vulns/72/summary.html

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