28997 : JD-WordPress for Joomla wp-comments-post.php Remote File Inclusion
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Last Modified

8 months ago

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Disclosure

Jul 28, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jul 28, 2006

Solution

Unknown

Description

JD-WordPress for Joomla contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to wp-comments-post.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'mosConfig_absolute_path' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the register_globals PHP option is set to 'on'. This has not been the default setting for PHP installs since version 4.2.0 (22-Apr-2002).

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, the vendor has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Joomla!
Watch-list
JD-WordPress for Joomla
Watch-list
2.0-1.0 RC2

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  • Drago84 - Exclusive Security Italian Security

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