CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Joomla CMS up to 3.7.3 (Content Management System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The CMS installer in Joomla! before 3.7.4 does not verify a user s ownership of a webspace, which allows remote authenticated users to gain control of the target application by leveraging Certificate Transparency logs.
The bug was discovered 04/06/2017. The weakness was disclosed 07/28/2017 by Hanno Bock (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at joomla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-11364 since 07/17/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 110 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102017 (Joomla! 1.0.0 < 3.7.4 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.
Upgrading to version 3.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (102017). The entry 104509 is pretty similar.
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Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Certificate validationCWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 102017
Nessus Name: Joomla! 1.0.0 < 3.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: CMS 3.7.4
Timeline
04/06/2017 🔍04/06/2017 🔍
07/17/2017 🔍
07/25/2017 🔍
07/27/2017 🔍
07/28/2017 🔍
07/28/2017 🔍
07/28/2017 🔍
08/02/2017 🔍
01/06/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: joomla.orgAdvisory: joomla.org
Researcher: Hanno Bock
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-11364 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039015
SecurityFocus: 99952
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Entry
Created: 07/28/2017 20:28Updated: 01/06/2021 16:38
Changes: 07/28/2017 20:28 (71), 05/31/2020 21:38 (5), 01/06/2021 16:38 (4)
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