TITLE:
phpWebSite Announcement Image Upload Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14399

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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpWebSite 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/297/

DESCRIPTION:
nst has reported a vulnerability in phpWebSite, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the uploading of
images when submitting an announcement. This can be exploited to
upload arbitrary PHP scripts to a directory inside the web root.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.10.0 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that the filenames of uploaded images
are properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
nst

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