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phpMyFAQ Arbitrary File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11640
Release Date: 2004-05-19
Popularity: 7,107 views

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

Software:phpMyFAQ 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Stefan Esser has reported a vulnerability in phpMyFAQ, allowing malicious people to view arbitrary local files and potentially execute arbitrary local php code.

User input passed to the "action" parameter is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary scripts and files from local resources.

The vulnerability affects version 1.3.12. Alpha version 1.4.0 is also affected by a similar vulnerability with the "lang" parameter.

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