Joomla Photo Battle Component "view" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39469

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39469/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Photo Battle 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_photobattle") 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.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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/12232