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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Joomla CMS up to 1.5 RC3 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Joomla! before 1.5 RC4 allows remote authenticated administrators to promote arbitrary users to the administrator group, in violation of the intended security model.

The weakness was shared 12/19/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at joomla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6644 since 01/03/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37451 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : joomla (MDVSA-2008:060)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.5rc4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39470) and Tenable (37451). The entries 40350, 40348 and 40347 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 1.5 RC3

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 37451
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : joomla (MDVSA-2008:060)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 830504
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for mysql MDVA-2012:049 (mysql)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: CMS 1.5rc4

Timelineinfo

12/19/2007 🔍
12/19/2007 +0 days 🔍
12/27/2007 +8 days 🔍
12/27/2007 +0 days 🔍
01/03/2008 +7 days 🔍
01/03/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/05/2008 +62 days 🔍
03/06/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2008 +12 days 🔍
05/04/2009 +411 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2142 days 🔍
07/30/2021 +2328 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: joomla.org
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2007-6644 (🔍)
X-Force: 39470
SecurityTracker: 1019145 - Joomla! Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 21875 - Joomla! < 1.5 RC4 Remote Arbitrary Users Promotion to the Administrator Group Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28111 - Joomla! Prior to 1.0.15 RC4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29257 - Mandriva update for joomla, Less Critical
OSVDB: 43277 - Joomla! Unspecified Arbitrary User Privilege Modification

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/30/2021 11:30
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (65), 04/21/2019 09:48 (16), 07/30/2021 11:30 (2)
Complete: 🔍

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