Joomla CMS up to 3.9.14 com_templates cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Joomla CMS up to 3.9.14 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component com_templates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.15. A missing CSRF token check in the LESS compiler of com_templates causes a CSRF vulnerability.

The weakness was published 01/28/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-8420 since 01/28/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 3.9.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 149511 and 149509.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 3.9.15

Timelineinfo

01/28/2020 🔍
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01/29/2020 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2024 +1519 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-8420 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/29/2020 08:04
Updated: 03/27/2024 13:10
Changes: 01/29/2020 08:04 (38), 01/29/2020 08:09 (18), 03/27/2024 13:10 (18)
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