Media Gallery for Geeklog "_MG_CONF[path_html]" Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Media Gallery for Geeklog, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "maint/ftpmedia.php" script when processing the "_MG_CONF[path_html]" 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:
Media Gallery (module for Geeklog) version 1.4.8a and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to Media Gallery for Geeklog version 1.4.8b : http://www.gllabs.org/filemgmt
     
CVE   CVE-2007-2706
     
References   http://www.gllabs.org/article.php?story=mgsecurity148b
     
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 
2007-05-16 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote