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TITLE:
netForo "file_to_download" Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24449

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24449/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
netForo 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/13626/

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

Input passed to the "file_to_download" parameter in down.php is not
properly sanitised before being used to download files. This can be
exploited to download arbitrary files via directory traversal
attacks.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.1g. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
GloD_M a.k.a. Mahmood_ali

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3435

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