Joomla CMS up to 1.0.11 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Joomla CMS up to 1.0.11 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

com_categories in Joomla! before 1.0.12 does not validate input, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2006 by Fukumori (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6833. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24227 (FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple remote vulnerabilities (7bb127c1-a5aa-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31159) and Tenable (24227). See 34139 and 34137 for similar entries.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / 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: 24227
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple remote vulnerabilities (7bb127c1-a5aa-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)
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OpenVAS ID: 57805
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: joomla
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 1.0.12

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12/12/2006 🔍
12/29/2006 +17 days 🔍
12/31/2006 +2 days 🔍
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01/22/2007 +22 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2971 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1501 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: Fukumori
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6833 (🔍)
X-Force: 31159
Vulnerability Center: 14111 - Joomla! Unspecified Vulnerability in com_categories, High
SecurityFocus: 21810 - Joomla! Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability And Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23563

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/21/2019 09:53
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59), 04/21/2019 09:53 (10)
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