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TITLE:
XOOPS “b_system_comments_show()” Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28264

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28264/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Xoops 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/327/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in XOOPS, which can be exploited by
malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to missing permission checks within the
“b_system_comments_show()” function in
htdocs/modules/system/blocks/system_blocks.php. This can be exploited
to read the comments of restricted modules.

The weakness is reported in versions prior to 2.0.18.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.18.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by InstantZero.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1808484&group_id=41586&atid=430840

TITLE:
XOOPS Uploader Class Unspecified Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27006

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27006/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Xoops 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/327/
Xoops 1.3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1357/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the XOOPS
uploader class when modules have set the upload configuration not
properly. This can potentially be exploited to upload malicious files.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xoops/xoops-uploader-patch-071001.zip

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3963