Ravens PHP Scripts - ShoutPro *shout* PHP Code Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA24939

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/24939/

CRITICAL: Highly critical

IMPACT: System access

WHERE: >From remote

SOFTWARE: ShoutPro 1.x - http://secunia.com/product/13977/

DESCRIPTION: Gammarays has discovered a vulnerability in ShoutPro, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "shout" parameter in shoutbox.php is not properly sanitised before being stored in shouts.php. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.5.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Gammarays