Directory traversal vulnerability in the Community Polls (com_communitypolls) component 1.5.2, and possibly earlier, for Core Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
Link | Tags |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38330 | vdb entry |
http://secunia.com/advisories/38692 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
http://www.corejoomla.com/component/content/article/1-corejoomla-updates/40-community-polls-v153-security-release.html | vendor advisory |
http://osvdb.org/62506 | vdb entry |
http://packetstormsecurity.org/1002-exploits/joomlacp-lfi.txt | exploit |