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TITLE:
Arab Portal "file" File Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32590

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32590/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Arab Portal 2.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20440/

DESCRIPTION:
IRCRASH has reported a vulnerability in Arab Portal, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed via the "file" parameter in mod.php (when "mod" is set
to "html" and "modfile" is set to "show") is not properly verified
before being used to display files. This can be exploited to display
arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal
attacks.

Successful exploitation may require that the script runs on a Windows
System.

This vulnerability is reported in version 2.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
IRCRASH

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7019

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