Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in The Uploader, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
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TITLE:
The Uploader "filename" Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37873
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37873/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in The Uploader, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information.
Input passed to the "filename" parameter in download_checker.php is
not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be
exploited to download arbitrary files via directory traversal
attacks.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stack
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