Re: PHP-Nuke <= 8.0 Cookie Manipulation (lang)

[Paul Laudanski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

programmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Patch:
>
> } elseif (isset($lang)) {
>    if (eregi('[A-Za-z]', $lang)) {
>       if (file_exists("language/lang-".$lang.".php")) {
>                include_once("language/lang-".$lang.".php");
>                 $currentlang = $lang;
>             }else {
>                   include_once("language/lang-english.php");
>                         $currentlang = "english";
> 		} 
> 	  }else {
>            include_once("language/lang-english.php");
>            $currentlang = "english";
>           }
> } else {
>
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> Best Regards
> Aleksandar
> Programmer and Web Developer
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>   
Building on your patch you'd want to incorporate basename().  You never 
want to accept directory traversal attempts into variables.

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