CVE-2017-9030 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows a directory traversal attack that bypasses a uniqid protection mechanism, and makes it easier to read arbitrary uploaded files.

Published: 2017-05-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codextrous:b2j_contact:*:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17970	The Codextrous B2J Contact (aka b2j_contact) extension before 2.1.13 for Joomla! allows a directory traversal attack that bypasses a uniqid protection mechanism, and makes it easier to read arbitrary uploaded files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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 0.02101.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://navixia.com/storage/app/media/uploaded-files/CVE/cve-2017-521415.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Codextrous B2j Contact

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-17T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:15:25.333Z

Reserved: 2017-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9030

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-17T14:29:00.463

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:27:21.353

Link: CVE-2017-9030

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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