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TITLE:
Alex Multiple Products File Upload Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32790

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32790/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Alex News-Engine 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/10345/
Alex Article-Engine 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20544/

DESCRIPTION:
Batter has discovered a vulnerability in multiple Alex products,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to incorrect security restrictions on
the
"admin/includes/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/browser/default/connectors/php/connector.php"
script. This can be exploited to upload malicious PHP scripts with the
e.g. .pht extension or with multiple extensions (e.g. "file.php.1") to
the web root.

Successful exploitation requires a certain server configuration (e.g.
an Apache server with the "mod_mime" module installed).

This vulnerability is confirmed in the following products:
- Article-Engine 1.3.0
- News-Engine 1.5.1

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to the admin interface (e.g. via .htaccess).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Batter

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7157
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7158

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