Tamlyncreative Com Bfsurvey Basic 1.1 index.php controller path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Tamlyncreative Com Bfsurvey Basic 1.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file index.php. Such manipulation of the argument controller leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2259. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tamlyncreative Com Bfsurvey Basic 1.1 (Survey Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BF Survey (com_bfsurvey) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

The weakness was disclosed 01/04/2010 by FL0RiX (Website). The advisory is available at tamlyncreative.com.au. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2259 since 06/09/2010. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by FL0RiX and been published even before and not 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 1 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 (10946), SecurityFocus (BID 37584†), OSVDB (61438†) and Secunia (SA37866†). The entry VDB-53518 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: FL0RiX
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tamlyncreative.com.au
Researcher: FL0RiX
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53522
SecurityFocus: 37584 - BF Survey Pro Joomla! Component 'controller' Parameter Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 37866 - Joomla BF Survey Component "controller" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 61438 - BF Survey Component for Joomla! index.php controller Traversal Local File Inclusion

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 07/18/2025 22:30
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (56), 12/27/2017 09:17 (14), 07/18/2025 22:30 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:BBD:103

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