diff --git a/application/dashboard.class.inc.php b/application/dashboard.class.inc.php
index 1a8332773..9955162a9 100644
--- a/application/dashboard.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/dashboard.class.inc.php
@@ -674,28 +674,29 @@ class RuntimeDashboard extends Dashboard
 	{
 		$bCustomized = false;
 
-		if (!appUserPreferences::GetPref('display_original_dashboard_'.$sDashBoardId, false))
-		{
+		$sDashboardFileSanitized = utils::RealPath($sDashboardFile, APPROOT);
+		if (false === $sDashboardFileSanitized) {
+			throw new SecurityException('Invalid dashboard file !');
+		}
+
+		if (!appUserPreferences::GetPref('display_original_dashboard_'.$sDashBoardId, false)) {
 			// Search for an eventual user defined dashboard
 			$oUDSearch = new DBObjectSearch('UserDashboard');
 			$oUDSearch->AddCondition('user_id', UserRights::GetUserId(), '=');
 			$oUDSearch->AddCondition('menu_code', $sDashBoardId, '=');
 			$oUDSet = new DBObjectSet($oUDSearch);
-			if ($oUDSet->Count() > 0)
-			{
+			if ($oUDSet->Count() > 0) {
 				// Assuming there is at most one couple {user, menu}!
 				$oUserDashboard = $oUDSet->Fetch();
 				$sDashboardDefinition = $oUserDashboard->Get('contents');
 				$bCustomized = true;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$sDashboardDefinition = @file_get_contents($sDashboardFile);
+			} else {
+				$sDashboardDefinition = @file_get_contents($sDashboardFileSanitized);
 			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$sDashboardDefinition = @file_get_contents($sDashboardFile);
+			$sDashboardDefinition = @file_get_contents($sDashboardFileSanitized);
 		}
 
 		if ($sDashboardDefinition !== false)
@@ -703,7 +704,7 @@ class RuntimeDashboard extends Dashboard
 			$oDashboard = new RuntimeDashboard($sDashBoardId);
 			$oDashboard->FromXml($sDashboardDefinition);
 			$oDashboard->SetCustomFlag($bCustomized);
-			$oDashboard->SetDefinitionFile($sDashboardFile);
+			$oDashboard->SetDefinitionFile($sDashboardFileSanitized);
 		}
 		else
 		{