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Web-News v.1.6.3 File Inclusion Security Vulnerability

Description
Input passed to the "content_page" parameter in "/template.php" is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

Confirmed in version 1.6.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Impact
The remote attacker can include arbitrary files from local or external resources.

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