SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA25667

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/25667/

CRITICAL: Highly critical

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

WHERE: >From remote

SOFTWARE: XT-Conteudo 1.x (module for Xoops) - http://secunia.com/product/14529/

DESCRIPTION: FiSh has discovered a vulnerability in the XT-Conteudo 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 admin/spaw/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 SA25522 SA25652. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.52. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
Disable SPAW and remove the admin/spaw/ directory.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: FiSh

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4069

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20558: http://secunia.com/advisories/20558/
SA22383: http://secunia.com/advisories/22383/
SA25522: http://secunia.com/advisories/25522/
SA25652: http://secunia.com/advisories/25652/