CVE-2010-1979 Information

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Affiliate Datafeeds (com_datafeeds) component build 880 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/39360 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12088 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39246 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57570