Joomla CMS up to 3.10.16/4.4.6/5.1.2 URL redirect

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.10.16/4.4.6/5.1.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component URL Handler. Such manipulation leads to redirect. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-27184. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.10.16/4.4.6/5.1.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Inadequate validation of URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not..

The weakness was disclosed by Gareth Heyes. The advisory is available at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-27184 since 02/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/05/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1204.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 3.10.0
• 3.10.1
• 3.10.2
• 3.10.3
• 3.10.4
• 3.10.5
• 3.10.6
• 3.10.7
• 3.10.8
• 3.10.9
• 3.10.10
• 3.10.11
• 3.10.12
• 3.10.13
• 3.10.14
• 3.10.15
• 3.10.16
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.joomla.org/

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