PT-2008-5975 · Joomla · Joomla! Com Extplorer

Houssamix · Published 2008-10-28 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-4764

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! com extplorer module versions 2.0.0 RC2 and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue in the eXtplorer module allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter in a "show error" action.

Recommendations For versions 2.0.0 RC2 and earlier, update the com extplorer module to a version later than 2.0.0 RC2 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4764

Affected Products

Joomla! Com Extplorer

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5435 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/28764 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4764 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4764 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41873 · Note