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A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.8.12 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component com_joomlaupdate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_joomlaupdate allows the execution of arbitrary code. The default ACL config enabled the ability of Administrator-level users to access com_joomlaupdate and trigger code execution.
The bug was discovered 10/02/2018. The weakness was shared 10/09/2018 by Paul (Website). The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-17856 since 10/01/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118069 (Joomla! < 3.8.13 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 3.8.13 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118069). The entries 125143, 125145, 125146 and 125147 are related to this item.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 118069
Nessus Name: Joomla! < 3.8.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: CMS 3.8.13
Timeline
10/01/2018 🔍10/02/2018 🔍
10/02/2018 🔍
10/02/2018 🔍
10/09/2018 🔍
10/09/2018 🔍
10/10/2018 🔍
10/12/2018 🔍
05/23/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: joomla.orgAdvisory: developer.joomla.org
Researcher: Paul
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-17856 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1041914
SecurityFocus: 105559 - Joomla! Core Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 10/10/2018 13:09Updated: 05/23/2023 17:33
Changes: 10/10/2018 13:09 (71), 05/31/2020 18:15 (6), 05/23/2023 17:33 (4)
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