TITLE:
Free Articles Directory "page" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19320

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Free Articles Directory
http://secunia.com/product/8833/

DESCRIPTION:
Botan has discovered a vulnerability in Free Articles Directory,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

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

The vulnerability has been confirmed in the latest available version.
Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Botan, Patriotic Hackers

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