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Joomla ionFiles Component "file" Information Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA32377
Release Date: 2008-10-23
Last Update: 2009-02-11
Popularity: 2,288 views

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

Software:ionFiles 4.x (component for Joomla)

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Vrs-hCk has discovered a vulnerability in the ionFiles component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "file" parameter in download.php (when "download" is set to "1") is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to download arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.4.2. Other versions may also be affected.

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