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HistoryMar 24, 2010 - 12:00 a.m.

Secunia Research: Pulse CMS login.php Arbitrary File Writing Vulnerability

2010-03-2400:00:00
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                 Secunia Research 24/03/2010

 - Pulse CMS login.php Arbitrary File Writing Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

  • Pulse CMS basic version 1.2.2

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Pulse is a simple CMS designed for small websites. It enables you to
take an existing site and add content management in five minutes."

Product Link:
http://pulsecms.com/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Pulse CMS, which
can be exploited by people to compromise a vulnerable system.

An error within includes/login.php in the handling of failed login
attempts can be exploited to store content in an arbitrary file within
the web root. This e.g. allows executing arbitrary PHP code via a
specially crafted request.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

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5) Solution

Update to version 1.2.3.

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6) Time Table
19/03/2010 - Vendor notified.
19/03/2010 - Vendor response.
24/03/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-0988 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-45/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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