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TITLE:
phpMyVisites "mylang" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15141

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15141/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpMyVisites 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4964/

DESCRIPTION:
Max Cerny has reported a vulnerability in phpMyVisites, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "mylang" parameter in "login.php" isn't properly
verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited
to include arbitrary files from local resources.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Max Cerny

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