Feederator component for Joomla! mosConfig_absolute_path file include
| feederator-mosconfigabsolute-file-include (46438) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Feederator component for Joomla! could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the add_tmsp.php, edit_tmsp.php, subscription.php and tmsp.php scripts using the mosConfig_absolute_path or GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote system, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 6.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of March 6, 2010.
References:
- Joomla! Web site: Joomla!.
- Recly Web site: Feederator.
- BID-32194: Recly Feederator 'mosConfig_absolute_path' Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5789: Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in the Recly Interactive Feederator (com_feederator) component 1.0.5 for Joomla! allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the (1) mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to (a) add_tmsp.php, (b) edit_tmsp.php and (c) tmsp.php in includes/tmsp/; and the (2) GLOBALS[mosConfig_absolute_path] parameter to (d) includes/tmsp/subscription.php.
Platforms Affected:
- Joomla! Feederator component for Joomla! 1.0.5
Reported:
Nov 07, 2008
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