CVE-2011-4804

N/A Unknown

Published: December 14, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the obSuggest (com_obsuggest) component before 1.8 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://foobla.com/news/latest/obsuggest-1.8-security-release.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/46844

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48944

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://foobla.com/news/latest/obsuggest-1.8-security-release.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/46844

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48944

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

24.3%

98th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

joomla foobla

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