Joomla JA Comment Component "view" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39472

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39472/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the JA Comment component for
Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information.

Input passed to the "view" parameter in index.php (when "option" is
set to "com_jacomment") 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.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
AntiSecurity

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12236