InstaGuide Weather Free "PageName" Local File Inclusion
Secunia Advisory: SA27305
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Last Update: 2007-10-26
Popularity: 3,066 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:InstaGuide Weather Free

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-5674


Description:
BorN To K!LL has discovered a vulnerability in InstaGuide Weather Free, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "PageName" parameter in index.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources.

Successful exploitation with arbitrary file extensions requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
BorN To K!LL

Changelog:
2007-10-26: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4558


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