phpCMS "language" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA15586
Release Date: 2005-06-03
Popularity: 6,105 views

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

Software:phpCMS 1.x

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Description:
Bernhard Müller has reported a vulnerability in phpCMS, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "language" parameter in "parser.php" isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.2.x prior to version 1.2.1pl2.

Solution:
Update to version 1.2.1pl2 or apply patch.
http://www.phpcms.de/download/index.en.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Bernhard Müller


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