Joomla CMS up to 1.5.9 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 1.5.9 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors to the (1) com_admin component, (2) com_search component when "Gather Search Statistics" is enabled, and (3) the category view in the com_content component.

The weakness was disclosed 04/09/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1279 since 04/09/2009. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/21/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (49655). The entry 47653 is pretty similar.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Remote: Yes

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03/25/2009 🔍
04/09/2009 +15 days 🔍
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03/10/2014 +1796 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +372 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1496 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1279 (🔍)
X-Force: 49655
Vulnerability Center: 43499 - Joomla! 1.5.9 and Earlier Remote Cross-site Scripting XSS via Multiple Modules, Low
SecurityFocus: 34360
Secunia: 34551

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/21/2019 11:45
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (54), 04/21/2019 11:45 (3)
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