Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Simpleboard (module for Mambo), which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. These flaws are due to input validation errors in various scripts (e.g. "file_upload.php" and "image_upload.php") that do not validate the "sbp" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.

Affected Products

Simpleboard (module for Mambo) version 1.1.0 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to Simpleboard version 1.1.2 :
http://developer.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/viewSummary/projects.simpleboard/frs

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2716

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by h4ntu

ChangeLog

2006-07-09 : Initial release
2006-07-13 : Updated Solution

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