ActualAnalyzer "rf" File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19743
Release Date: 2006-04-20
Last Update: 2006-05-09
Popularity: 5,599 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:ActualAnalyzer Gold 7.x
ActualAnalyzer Lite 2.x
ActualAnalyzer Pro 6.x
ActualAnalyzer Server 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1959


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ActualAnalyzer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "rf" parameter in direct.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including PHP files from local or external resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been reported in 2.72 (Lite), 6.88 (Pro), 7.63 (Gold), and 8.23 (Server).

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Set "register_globals" to "Off".

Provided and/or discovered by:
Lite, Gold, and Server Edition: Aesthetico
Pro Edition: ReZEN

Changelog:
2006-04-26: Added CVE reference.
2006-05-09: Added Pro Edition as vulnerable.

Original Advisory:
Aesthetico:
http://www.majorsecurity.de/advisory/major_rls2.txt

ReZEN:
http://www.xorcrew.net/xpa/XPA-ActualAnalyzer.txt


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