Joomla CMS up to 3.9.19 permission assignment

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5.3$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Joomla CMS up to 3.9.19. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-15697. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.9.19 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Joomla! through 3.9.19. Internal read-only fields in the User table class could be modified by users.

The weakness was disclosed 07/15/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-15697 since 07/13/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/16/2020).

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

The entries VDB-158550, VDB-158549, VDB-158548 and VDB-158546 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/13/2020 🔍
07/15/2020 +2 days 🔍
07/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-15697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-15697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158547
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2020 11:44
Updated: 07/16/2020 11:49
Changes: 07/16/2020 11:44 (35), 07/16/2020 11:49 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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