Some vulnerabilities have been reported in 1024 CMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information or compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "page_include" parameter in themes/blog/layouts/standard.php, themes/default/layouts/standard.php, themes/portfolio/layouts/standard.php, and themes/snazzy/layouts/standard.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

2) Input passed to multiple parameters in various files 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 following parameters and files are affected:

"theme_dir" and "page" parameters:
themes/blog/layouts/standard.php
themes/default/layouts/standard.php
themes/portfolio/layouts/standard.php
themes/snazzy/layouts/standard.php
themes/blog/layouts/total.php
themes/default/layouts/total.php
themes/portfolio/layouts/total.php
themes/snazzy/layouts/total.php

"lang" parameter:
admin/lang/fr/reports/default.php
lang/en/moderator/default.php
lang/fr/moderator/default.php
lang/de/moderator/default.php


"admin_theme_dir" parameter:
admin/ops/admins/default.php
admin/ops/reports/ops/download.php
admin/ops/reports/ops/forum.php
admin/ops/reports/ops/news.php

"theme_dir" parameter:
pages/download/default/ops/add.php
pages/download/default/ops/edit.php
pages/download/default/ops/newest.php
pages/download/default/ops/search.php
pages/download/default/ops/top.php
pages/forum/default/content.php
themes/blog/layouts/basic_footer.php
themes/default/layouts/basic_footer.php
themes/portfolio/layouts/basic_footer.php
themes/snazzy/layouts/basic_footer.php
themes/blog/layouts/basic_header.php
themes/default/layouts/basic_header.php
themes/portfolio/layouts/basic_header.php
themes/snazzy/layouts/basic_header.php

"page", "page_include", and "theme_dir" parameters:
themes/blog/layouts/print.php
themes/default/layouts/print.php
themes/portfolio/layouts/print.php
themes/snazzy/layouts/print.php

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.4.3 and 1.4.4 RFC. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by
Digital Security Research Group

Original Advisory
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6001

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