givesight Com Powermail 1.53 index.php controller path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in givesight Com Powermail 1.53. Impacted is an unknown function of the file index.php. This manipulation of the argument controller causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-1532. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in givesight Com Powermail 1.53 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument controller with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the givesight PowerMail Pro (com_powermail) component 1.5.3 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

The weakness was published 04/12/2010 by AntiSecurity with isec (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1532 since 04/26/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also 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 AntiSecurity and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (12118), SecurityFocus (BID 39348†), OSVDB (63652†) and Secunia (SA39226†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: AntiSecurity
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D2Sec: Joomla Component com_powermail 1.5.3 LFI

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04/09/2010 🔍
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04/12/2010 +3 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1788 days 🔍
08/23/2025 +3809 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2010-1532 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1532
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52915
SecurityFocus: 39348 - Retired: givesight PowerMail Pro Component for Joomla! Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 39226 - Joomla PowerMail Pro Component "controller" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 63652 - PowerMail Pro Component for Joomla! index.php controller Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 08/23/2025 00:57
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (57), 01/29/2018 16:09 (13), 08/23/2025 00:57 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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