Joomla! obSuggest Component "controller" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the obSuggest component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
Input passed to the "controller" parameter in index.php (when "option" is set to "com_obsuggest") 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 1.8.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
obSuggest 1.x (component for Joomla!)
     
Solution   Update to version 1.8.
     
CVE   CVE-2011-4804
     
References   http://foobla.com/news/latest/obsuggest-1.8-security-release.html
     
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 
2011-11-15 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote