TITLE:
phpCodeGenie "Simple Application Generation" Code Execution
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12853

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12853/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpCodeGenie 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/4141/

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

Input to the headers and footers is written to PHP files and is
interpreted as PHP code when the scripts are accessed through the web
server. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a
vulnerable system.

NOTE: This advisory has been rated "less critical", because
phpCodeGenie is intended for development purposes and should not be
put on production systems nor publicly available servers.

The vulnerability has been confirmed on version 3.0. Other versions
may also be vulnerable.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.0.2.
http://phpcodegenie.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
César Guirao Robles

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