Secunia Security Advisory - Stephan Munz has reported a vulnerability in TYPOlight webCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
TYPOlight webCMS "preview.php" Arbitrary File Download
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27142
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27142/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
TYPOlight webCMS 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/13708/
DESCRIPTION:
Stephan Munz has reported a vulnerability in TYPOlight webCMS, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in
preview.php when processing arguments passed to the "src" parameter.
This can be exploited to download arbitrary files from the affected
system.
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.4.6. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly validated.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stephan Munz
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