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D-iscussion Board "topic" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31808
Release Date: 2008-09-12
Last Update: 2008-09-29
Popularity: 2,744 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:D-iscussion Board 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
SirGod has discovered a vulnerability in D-iscussion Board, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

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

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.01. Other versions may also be affected.

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