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TITLE:
French Language Pack for phpBB Prillian "phpbb_root_path" File
Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22430

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

DESCRIPTION:
Ashiyane Corporation has reported some vulnerabilities in the French
Language Pack for the phpBB Prillian module, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "phpbb_root_path" parameter in
language/lang_french/lang_prillian_faq.php and
language/lang/lang_contact_faq.php is not properly verified before
being used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from local or external resources.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ashiyane Corporation

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