CVE-2011-4804

Com Obsuggest vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

24.3%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Foobla

Affected product

Com Obsuggest

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2011-12-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 24.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2011-4804

Confirm whether Foobla Com Obsuggest is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2011-4804.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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