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phpMyAgenda "rootagenda" File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19748
Release Date: 2006-04-25
Last Update: 2006-10-03
Popularity: 7,390 views

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

Software:phpMyAgenda 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2009
CVE-2006-5132


Description:
Aesthetico has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyAgenda, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "rootagenda" parameter in agenda.php3 is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 3.0 Final. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
This has been fixed in version 3.1 Beta 1.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Aesthetico

Changelog:
2006-04-26: Added CVE reference.
2006-05-16: Updated "Description" and "Solution" section.
2006-10-03: Added CVE reference.

Other References:
phpMyAgenda security alert:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=569237


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