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>> AForum "CommonAbsDir" Parameter Handling Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
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Title : AForum "CommonAbsDir" Parameter Handling Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1739
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2596
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-05-09
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A vulnerability has been identified in AForum, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "common/func.php" script when processing the "CommonAbsDir" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
AForum version 1.33 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.40 :
http://www.agner.org/software/msgbrd2/aforum.zip
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1739
Credits
Vulnerability reported by ThE TiGeR
ChangeLog
2007-05-09 : Initial release
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