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TITLE:
SyndeoCMS "cmsdir" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27527

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27527/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
SyndeoCMS 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/16441/

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

Input passed to the "cmsdir" parameter in
starnet/themes/c-sky/main.inc.php is not properly sanitised 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 version 2.5.01. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has released a fixed version 2.5.01 on 2007-11-05.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Mdx

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SyndeoCMS:
http://www.syndeocms.org/forum/index.php?topic=1737.0

http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4607

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