Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in the Abbreviations Manager component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Joomla Abbreviations Manager Component "controller" File Inclusion
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37834
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37834/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Abbreviations Manager
component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information.
Input passed to the "controller" parameter in index.php (if "option"
is set to "com_abbrev") is not properly verified before being used to
include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from
local resources via directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
FL0RiX
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10948
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