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4.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.8.7 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component user-info. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. Under specific circumstances (a redirect issued with a URI containing a username and password when the Location: header cannot be used), a lack of escaping the user-info component of the URI could result in an XSS vulnerability.
The bug was discovered 05/08/2018. The weakness was shared 05/22/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-11328 since 05/21/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110227 (Joomla! < 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 154007 (Joomla! XSS vulnerability in User-Info Component).
Upgrading to version 3.8.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110227). The entries 118072, 118073, 118074 and 118075 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 110227
Nessus Name: Joomla! < 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 65764
OpenVAS Name: Joomla! Core Redirect Method XSS Vulnerability (20180508)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: CMS 3.8.8
Timeline
05/08/2018 🔍05/21/2018 🔍
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03/14/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: joomla.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-11328 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040966
SecurityFocus: 104269 - Joomla! Core CVE-2018-11328 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiy
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Entry
Created: 05/23/2018 08:49Updated: 03/14/2023 16:04
Changes: 05/23/2018 08:49 (75), 05/31/2020 17:33 (4), 03/14/2023 16:04 (4)
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