Flash Image Gallery for Joomla "mosConfig_live_site" File Inclusion Issue


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Flash Image Gallery (component for Joomla), which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "administrator/components/com_wmtgallery/admin.wmtgallery.php" script when processing the "mosConfig_live_site" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Flash Image Gallery (component for Joomla)
     
Solution  
     
CVE   CVE-2007-5309
     
References  
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2007-10-09 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote