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TITLE:
phpPgAdmin "_language" Local File Inclusion  Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33014

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33014/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
phpPgAdmin 4.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/14352/

DESCRIPTION:
Dun has discovered a vulnerability in phpPgAdmin, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input passed via the "_language" parameter to libraries/lib.inc.php
is not properly sanitised before being used to include files. This
can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources via
directory traversal attacks and URL-encoded NULL bytes.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that
"register_globals" is enabled.

This vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.2.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
dun

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7363

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