42561 : Podcast Generator categories.php absoluteurl Parameter Remote File Inclusion
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	640	about 5 years ago	almost 3 years ago	7 times	100%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-02-28

Description

Podcast Generator contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to 'categories.php' not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'absoluteurl' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Third-party Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Alberto Betella	Podcast Generator	1.0 Beta 2
		1.1
		1.2
		1.0

References

CVE ID: 2008-1124 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 28038
Related OSVDB ID: 42559 42560 42562 42563 42564 42565 42566 42567 42568 42569 42570 42571 42572 42573
Milw0rm: 5200
Exploit Database: 5200
Vendor URL: http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=687220

Credit

GoLd_M

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-03-04 | Disagree?

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