Joomla SmartFormer 2.4.1 Shell Upload Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:joomla:joomla";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107023");
  script_version("2026-06-11T07:15:11+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-11 07:15:11 +0000 (Thu, 11 Jun 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-07-06 06:40:16 +0200 (Wed, 06 Jul 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_name("Joomla SmartFormer 2.4.1 Shell Upload Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("joomla_http_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_mandatory_keys("joomla/detected");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to a Smartformer component which allows unauthorized
  access to certain files.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Detects the installed version of Joomla Smartformer.
  The script detects the version of Joomla Smartformer component on remote host and tells whether it is vulnerable or not.");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an
  unauthenticated remote attacker to upload shell files in an affected site.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla Smartformer 2.4.1.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
  of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
  release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.itoris.com/joomla-extensions/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137730/joomlasmartformer-shell.txt");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!dir = get_app_location(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (dir == "/")
  dir = "";

url = dir + "/administrator/components/com_smartformer/smartformer_joomla1.5.xml";
req = http_get(item: url, port: port);
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port: port, data:req, bodyonly:FALSE);

if (res !~ "<?xml version" && "Smart Former" >!< res && "joomla" >!< res)
  exit(0);

if (ve = egrep(pattern: "<version>([0-9])+", string: res)) {
  tmpVer = eregmatch(pattern: '<version>(([0-9])[.]([0-9])[.]([0-9]))', string: ve);
}

if (tmpVer[1])
  version = tmpVer[1];

if (version && version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "2.4.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);