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iPrimal Forums Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22757
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Release Date:
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2006-11-07
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Last Update:
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2006-11-08
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Popularity:
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5,677 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | iPrimal Forums
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5787
CVE-2006-5788
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been discovered in iPrimal Forums, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or compromise a vulnerable system.
1) The admin/chk_admin.php script does not correctly verify the administrators credentials. This can be exploited bypass the authentication to perform various administrative actions, e.g. changing a user's password.
2) Input passed to the "p" parameter in index.php and admin/index.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external resources.
The vulnerabilities are confirmed in a version downloaded 2006-11-07. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Use another product.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Bl0od3r
2) Gummiente
Changelog:
2006-11-08: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2731
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