A vulnerability has been identified in Xoops, which could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass security restrictions and compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an error in the Uploader class when processing a file with a PHP4 file extension, which could be exploited by malicious users to upload malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
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Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2007-10-01 : Initial release
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