Joomla CMS up to 1.5.14 Front-End Editor unknown vulnerability
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Joomla CMS up to 1.5.14 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Front-End Editor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in the Front-End Editor in the com_content component in Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote authenticated users, with Author privileges, to replace the articles of an arbitrary user via unknown vectors.
The weakness was published 11/03/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at osvdb.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3945 since 11/16/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12727 (Joomla! Information Disclosure and Article Modification Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading to version 1.5.15 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (54161). Similar entry is available at VDB-50826.
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CPE 2.3
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Upgrade: CMS 1.5.15
Timeline
11/03/2009 🔍11/03/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: joomla.orgAdvisory: osvdb.org⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3945 (🔍)
X-Force: 54161
Vulnerability Center: 41590 - Joomla! <1.5.15 Front-End Editor Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Remote Security Bypass, Medium
Secunia: 37262 - Joomla! Article Manipulation and Version Information Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 59801 - Front-End Editor Component in Joomla! Cross-user Front Page Article Manipulation
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 04/21/2019 11:47
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 04/21/2019 11:47 (5)
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