CVE-2011-4804 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the obSuggest (com_obsuggest) component before 1.8 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Published: 2011-12-14

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.1.1.20090922:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.5.1.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.6.1:b7::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:foobla:com_obsuggest:1.6.1:b8::::::

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.1012.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://foobla.com/news/latest/obsuggest-1.8-security-release.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46844
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48944

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Foobla Com Obsuggest

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T21:07:30.876Z

Reserved: 2011-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4804

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-12-14T00:55:04.810

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4804

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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