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Joomla Security Images Component File Inclusion Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA21260  
Release Date: 2006-07-31
Last Update: 2006-09-28

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

Software:Security Images 3.x (component for Joomla)

CVE reference:CVE-2006-5048 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Drago84 has discovered some vulnerabilities in the Security Images component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "mosConfig_absolute_path" parameter 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.

Affected files:
* configinsert.php
* lang.php
* client.php
* server.php

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 3.0.5 and have also been reported in prior versions.

Solution:
Update to version 3.0.6.
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/lis...ecurityimages/frs.security_images_1_1

Provided and/or discovered by:
Drago84

Additional information provided by the vendor.

Changelog:
2006-08-11: Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections.
2006-09-28: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2083



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