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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Jvitals Com Agora up to 3.0.0b. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument action leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3053. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Jvitals Com Agora up to 3.0.0b. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument action with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Agora (com_agora) component 3.0.0b for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the action parameter to the avatars page, reachable through index.php.

The weakness was shared 09/03/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3053 since 09/03/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by ByALBAYX and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52964), Exploit-DB (9564) and SecurityFocus (BID 36207†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Jvitals

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• Com Agora

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• 3.0.0a
• 3.0.0b

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