__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN AcuraCMS 'stat.php' Vulnerability [Security Focus 27342] January 22, 2008 20:00 GMT Number S-128 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: AuraCMS is prone to a remote vulnerability that lets attackers run arbitrary script code because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. PLATFORM: AuraCMS 1.62 DAMAGE: Execute arbitrary script code. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Exploiting this issue could allow attackers ASSESSMENT: to upload and execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected webserver process. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-128.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27342/discuss ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Security Focus 27342 *****] AuraCMS 'stat.php' Remote Script Code Execution Vulnerability AuraCMS is prone to a remote vulnerability that lets attackers run arbitrary script code because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue could allow attackers to upload and execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected webserver process. This issue affects AuraCMS 1.62; other versions may also be vulnerable. Bugtraq ID: 27342 Class: Input Validation Error CVE: Remote: Yes Local: No Published: Jan 18 2008 12:00AM Updated: Jan 18 2008 05:18PM Credit: k1tk4t is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. Vulnerable: auraCMS Aura CMS 1.62 [***** End Security Focus 27342 *****] _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Security Focus for the information contained in this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. 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