Joomla! XCloner Component "config" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43500

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/43500/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43500

RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-20

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the XCloner component for
Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
sensitive information.

Input passed via the "config" parameter to
administrator/components/com_xcloner-backupandrestore/cloner.cron.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.

The vulnerability is confirmed in versions 3.0.4 and 2.2. Other
versions may also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
mr_me