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>> NewsPortal Remote PHP File Inclusion and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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Title : NewsPortal Remote PHP File Inclusion and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1838
CVE ID : CVE-2006-2556 - CVE-2006-2557
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-05-17
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in NewsPortal, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or scripting code.
The first issue is due to input validation errors in various scripts that do not validate certain parameters, which could be exploited by attackers to cause malicious scripting code to be executed by the user's browser.
The second flaw is due to an input validation error in the "extras/poll/poll.php" script, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
NewsPortal versions prior to 0.37
Solution
Upgrade to NewsPortal version 0.37 :
http://florian-amrhein.de/newsportal/download
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1838
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/11793
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by the vendor
ChangeLog
2006-05-17 : Initial release
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