TITLE:
Xoops Incontent Module Arbitrary File Content Disclosure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14064

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/14064/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Incontent 3.x (module for Xoops)
https://secunia.com/product/4579/

DESCRIPTION:
Larok has reported a vulnerability in the Incontent module for Xoops,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information.

Input passed to the "url" parameter in "index.php" isn't properly
verified, before it is used to view files. This can be exploited to
disclose the contents of arbitrary local files.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Larok

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