Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the VPortfolio component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
Joomla! VPortfolio Component Unspecified File Disclosure
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45570
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-08-13
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the VPortfolio component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose
sensitive information.
Certain unspecified input is not properly verified before being used.
This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files from
local resources via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the Joomla! VEL team.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VPortfolio:
http://vsmart-extensions.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61:vportfolio-security-release-statement&catid=35:joomla-extensions&Itemid=137
Joomla!:
http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List#V-portfolio
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