Awdsolution Com Awdwall 1.5.4 index.php controller path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Awdsolution Com Awdwall 1.5.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument controller leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-1494. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Awdsolution Com Awdwall 1.5.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument controller 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AWDwall (com_awdwall) component 1.5.4 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

The weakness was presented 04/08/2010 by AntiSecurity with isec (Website). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1494 since 04/23/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43636 (Joomla! / Mambo Component Multiple Parameter Local File Include Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57693), Exploit-DB (12113), Tenable (43636), SecurityFocus (BID 39331†) and OSVDB (63942†). See VDB-13482, VDB-51928, VDB-51718 and VDB-51449 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
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Nessus ID: 43636
Nessus Name: Joomla! / Mambo Component Multiple Parameter Local File Include Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: AntiSecurity
Organization: isec
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1494 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1494
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52898
X-Force: 57693 - com_awdwall component for Joomla! controller parameter file include
SecurityFocus: 39331 - AWD Solution AWDwall Component for Joomla! 'controller' Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 39553 - Joomla! AWDwall Components SQL Injection and Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 63942 - AWDwall Components for Joomla! index.php cbuser Parameter SQL Injection

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 07/06/2025 19:53
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (67), 12/30/2017 06:16 (9), 09/08/2021 12:34 (3), 07/06/2025 19:53 (19)
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