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TITLE:
phpCMS "file" File Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28709

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28709/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpCMS 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4326/

DESCRIPTION:
Alexandr Polyakov and Stas Svistunovich have discovered a
vulnerability in phpCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people
to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "file" parameter in parser/parser.php is not
properly verified before being used. This can be exploited to
disclose the content of files (e.g. include/default.php) within the
phpCMS root folder or it's subdirectories.

Note: Reportedly, it's possible to disclose arbitrary files via
directory traversal attacks on Windows systems.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.22. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alexandr Polyakov and Stas Svistunovich, Digital Security Research
Group

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