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TITLE:
WebHints Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15652

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15652/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
WebHints 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5240/

DESCRIPTION:
blahplok has reported a vulnerability in WebHints, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the query string in "hints.pl" isn't properly
sanitised before being used in a "open()" call. This can be to inject
arbitrary shell commands via the "|" character.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
blahplok

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