Joomla! PicSell Component "dflink" File Disclosure Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the PicSell component for Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "dflink" parameter to index.php (when "option" is set to "com_picsell", "controller" is set to "prevsell", and "task" is set to "dwnfree") is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to download arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal sequences.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
PicSell 1.x (component for Joomla!)
     
Solution   Reportedly fixed in version 11.
     
CVE   CVE-2010-3203
     
References   http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List#PicSell
     
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
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2010-08-31 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote