Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in the U BuddyPress Forum Attachment plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
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TITLE:
WordPress U BuddyPress Forum Attachment "fileurl" File Disclosure
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45664
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-08-24
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the U BuddyPress Forum
Attachment plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious
people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
Input passed to the "fileurl" parameter is not properly verified
before being used to read files. This can be exploited to read
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal
sequences.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.1.2.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.2.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Julio Potier.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/u-buddypress-forum-attachment/changelog/
OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXPLOIT:
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