Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Percha Multicategory Article (com_perchacategoriestree) component 0.6 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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Joomla! Component Percha Multicategory Article 0.6 - 'Controller' Arbitrary File Access EDB-34008 · webapps · May 19, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Joomla! Percha Categories Tree 0.6 - Local File Inclusion http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-2033.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1005-exploits/joomlaperchact-lfi.txt
- 40244 vdb-entry
- 39873 third-party-advisory