joomla-fpd: Joomla! - Full Path Disclosure

2026-01-08 joomla PoC Public

Description

Detects full path disclosure in Joomla! sending requests to specific paths and identifying fatal error stack traces that leaked absolute filesystem paths.

PoC

id: joomla-fpd

info:
  name: Joomla! - Full Path Disclosure
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: low
  description: |
    Detects full path disclosure in Joomla! sending requests to specific paths and identifying fatal error stack traces that leaked absolute filesystem paths.
  reference:
    - https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/884-20220801-core-multiple-full-path-disclosures-because-of-missing-jexec-or-die-check.html
  metadata:
    verified: true
    shodan-query: http.component:"joomla"
  tags: joomla,misconfiguration,fpd,disclosure,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml" # >= 1.6.0
      - "{{BaseURL}}/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml" # >= 1.5.0 and <= 1.5.26
      - "{{BaseURL}}/README.txt"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/modules/custom.xml" # < 1.5.0
      - "{{BaseURL}}" # >= 1.5.0 and <= 1.5.26

    stop-at-first-match: true
    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2

    matchers-condition: or
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<version>"
          - "<creationDate>"
          - "</metafile>"
        condition: and
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "(?:<div[^>]+id=\"wrapper_r\"|<(?:link|script)[^>]+(?:feed|components)/com_|<table[^>]+class=\"pill)"
          - "(?i)<meta\\s+name=[\"']generator[\"']\\s+content=[\"']\\s*joomla[^\"']*"
          - "(?i)Joomla_([\\d.|\\d]+)_version_history"
          - "FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION"
        condition: or
        internal: true

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/phputf8/utils/bad.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/php-inputfilter/inputfilter.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/php-fileupload/fileupload.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/archive.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/tar.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/joomla/filesystem/archive/zip.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/phpmailer/phpmailer.php"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/libraries/phputf8/utils/unicode.php"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "(?i)in\\s+/.*\\.php\\s+on\\s+line\\s+\\d+"
          - "(?i)fatal\\s+error"
          - "(?i)warning"
          - "(?i)notice"
        condition: or

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "(/[^\\s:]+/joomla[^\\s:]*)"
          - "(/[^\\s:]+/libraries[^\\s:]*)"
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210093a9f1dca2b4502bdec09a9bd6e2483d4caddc3e67de61cc140a53bf67cea910022068e91f07d117324b1c71c0ca6f4cd623abe03f294576892fd5f11f1f070ddf4b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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