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LightBlog "username" Local File Inclusion
Secunia Advisory: SA29017
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Last Update: 2008-02-26
Popularity: 1,701 views

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

Software:LightBlog 9.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0840


Description:
muuratsalo has discovered a vulnerability in LightBlog, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

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

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 9.6. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Use another product.

Provided and/or discovered by:
muuratsalo

Changelog:
2008-02-26: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5140


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