CVE-2010-1715
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Online Examination (aka Online Exam or com_onlineexam) component 1.5.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Joomla! Component Online Exam 1.5.0 - Local File Inclusion
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pucit.edu | com_onlineexam | 1.5.0 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaonlineexam-lfi.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39414
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12174
- http://www.osvdb.org/63659
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57677
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlaonlineexam-lfi.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39414
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12174
- http://www.osvdb.org/63659
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57677
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.