WANewsletter.Waroot.Parameter.File.Inclusion

Release Date Jul 04, 2007
Severity low
Impact System compromise.
Description WAnewsletter has a remote file include vulnerability. A remote attacker could execute an arbitrary script on a vulnerable web server with the privileges of the server. The vulnerability can be exploited via a specially crafted URL request to the 'newsletter.php' script, using the 'waroot' parameter to specify a malicious PHP file from a remote system.
Affected Products WAnewsletter version 2.1.3 and prior.
Recommended Actions Currently we are not aware of any official supplied fix for this issue.
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2007-2969
Reference/s http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24177 (BugTraq)

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