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

1) 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 or external resources.

The following parameters and files are affected:

"is_projectPath" parameter:
includes/InstantSite/inc.is_root.php

"GLOBALS[thCMS_root]" parameter:
classes/class.Tree.php
includes/inc.thcms_admin_mediamanager.php
modul/mod.rssreader.php

"is_path" parameter:
classes/class.tasklist.php
classes/class.thcms.php
classes/class.thcms_content.php
classes/class.thcms_modul_parent.php
classes/class.thcms_page.php
classes/class.thcsm_user.php
includes/InstantSite/class.Tree.php

"thCMS_root" parameter:
classes/class.thcms_modul.php
includes/inc.page_edit_tasklist.php
includes/inc.thcms_admin_overview_backup.php
includes/inc.thcms_edit_content.php
modul/class.thcms_modul_parent_xml.php
modul/mod.cmstranslator.php
modul/mod.download.php
modul/mod.faq.php
modul/mod.guestbook.php
modul/mod.html.php
modul/mod.menu.php
modul/mod.news.php
modul/mod.newsticker.php
modul/mod.rss.php
modul/mod.search.php
modul/mod.sendtofriend.php
modul/mod.sitemap.php
modul/mod.tagdoc.php
modul/mod.template.php
modul/mod.test.php
modul/mod.text.php
modul/mod.upload.php
modul/mod.users.php

2) Input passed to the "thCMS_root" parameter in includes/inc.thcms_admin_dirtree.php is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to read arbitrary files from local resources.

3) Input passed to the "fm_includes_special" parameter in includes/file_manager/special.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 of the vulnerabilities may require that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 3.11.20b. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Update to version 3.16.9, which fixes vulnerability #1.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
1) NoGe
2, 3) GoLd_M

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/9322
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/9350

Deep Links
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