CVE-2008-5053

published 2008-11-13

CVE-2008-5053: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin.rssreader.php in the Simple RSS Reader (com_rssreader) 1.0 component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to…

Priority P2 66 critical 10 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in admin.rssreader.php in the Simple RSS Reader (com_rssreader) 1.0 component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_live_site parameter.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
joomla	com_rssreader	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path administrator/components/com_rssreader/admin.rssreader.php↗

url http://localhost/[path]/administrator/components/com_rssreader/admin.rssreader.php?mosConfig_live_site=[evilcode]↗

• → Detect HTTP requests targeting admin.rssreader.php with a URL-valued mosConfig_live_site parameter, indicating remote file inclusion attempt against the Simple RSS Reader 1.0 Joomla component. ↗
• → Flag any HTTP request containing the query string parameter 'mosConfig_live_site' with an external URL value directed at the com_rssreader component path. ↗

• · The vulnerable file is located under the administrator path, meaning exploitation requires access to the Joomla administrator directory; however, the parameter is passed via GET and may not require authentication depending on server configuration. ↗

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