CVE-2009-4946

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Messaging (com_messaging) component before 1.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in the controller parameter in a messages action to index.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el componente Messaging (com_messaging), en versiones anteriores a la 1.5.1 para Joomla!, permite a atacantes remotos incluir y ejecutar archivos locales a través de secuencias de salto de directorio en el parámetro controller en una acción de mensajes a index.php. NOTA: la procedencia de esta información es desconocida; los detalles se han obtenido exclusivamente de información de terceros.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2010-07-22 CVE Reserved
2010-07-22 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/53195	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34365	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49650	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/34562	2017-08-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Thetricky Search vendor "Thetricky"	Com Messaging Search vendor "Thetricky" for product "Com Messaging"	<= 1.5.0 Search vendor "Thetricky" for product "Com Messaging" and version " <= 1.5.0"	-	Affected	in	Joomla Search vendor "Joomla"	Joomla\! Search vendor "Joomla" for product "Joomla\!"	*	-	Safe