Joomla! YJ Contact Us Component "view" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the YJ Contact Us component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "view" parameter to index.php (when "option" is set to "com_yjcontactus") is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal attacks and URL-encoded NULL bytes.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.0.1.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
YJ Contact Us 1.x (component for Joomla!)
     
Solution   Update to version 1.0.1.
     
CVE  
     
References   YJ Contact Us:
http://www.youjoomla.com/yj-contact-us-1.0.1-released.html
http://www.youjoomla.com/joomla_support/announcements/9234-yj-contact-us-vulnerability-discovered-immediate-update-required.html#post42181
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
Escaped NULL char in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-10-27 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote