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TITLE:
ContentServ "src" Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23158

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23158/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ContentServ 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/7834/

DESCRIPTION:
capt.nem0 has reported a vulnerability in ContentServ, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed to the "src" parameter in 4.2/admin/FileServer.php is
not properly sanitised before being used to display files. This can
be exploited to display arbitrary files via directory traversal
attacks.

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.2. Other versions may also
be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
capt.nem0

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