Joomla AllVideos Plugin "file" Information Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38587

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38587/

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

Input passed to the "file" parameter in
plugins/content/jw_allvideos/includes/download.php is not properly
sanitised before being used to read files. This can be exploited to
read arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal
attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Pouya Daneshmand

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11447