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TITLE:
Quicksilver Forums "lang" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32823

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32823/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, Exposure of system information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Quicksilver Forums 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/6328/

DESCRIPTION:
__GiReX__ has reported a vulnerability in Quicksilver Forums, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.

Input passed to the "lang" parameter in index.php is not properly
verified before being used to include files. This can exploited to
include arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal
attacks.

This vulnerability is reported in version 1.4.2 for Windows. Other
versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
__GiReX__

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7217

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