BCA RSS Syndicator for Joomla "controller" File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Breast Cancer Awareness RSS Syndicator (component for Joomla), which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an input validation error when processing the "controller" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to include or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Breast Cancer Awareness RSS Syndicator (component for Joomla)
     
Solution  
     
CVE  
     
References   http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12069
     
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
Misc : Local File Inclusion - suspicious /etc/passwd found in URL
3.5.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2010-04-06 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote