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PostNuke Local File Inclusion and Comment Bypass Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16979
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Release Date:
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2005-09-28
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Popularity:
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7,407 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PostNuke 0.x
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in PostNuke, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and disclose sensitive information.
1) A local file inclusion vulnerability in the GeSHi library can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via the "pn_bbcode" module.
For more information:
SA16898
2) An error in the comments module can be exploited by malicious people to add comments.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions prior to 0.761.
Solution:
Update to version 0.761.
http://downloads.postnuke.com/
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Maksymilian Arciemowicz
2) Devin Hayes
Original Advisory:
http://news.postnuke.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2726
http://news.postnuke.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2727
Other References:
SA16898:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16898/
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