Alsbtain Bulletin "act" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Alsbtain Bulletin, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "act" parameter to index.php is not properly verified 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 requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.6. Other versions may also be affected.
Vulnerable Products
Vulnerable Software: Alsbtain Bulletin 1.x
Solution
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
