Joomla CMS up to 1.0.11 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 1.0.11. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-6833. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Joomla CMS up to 1.0.11 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

com_categories in Joomla! before 1.0.12 does not validate input, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2006 by Fukumori (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6833. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24227 (FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple remote vulnerabilities (7bb127c1-a5aa-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31159), Tenable (24227), SecurityFocus (BID 21810†), Secunia (SA23563†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14111†). See VDB-34139 and VDB-34137 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.joomla.org/

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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
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 24227
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple remote vulnerabilities (7bb127c1-a5aa-11db-9ddc-0011098b2f36)
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OpenVAS ID: 57805
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: joomla
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 1.0.12

Timelineinfo

12/12/2006 🔍
12/29/2006 +17 days 🔍
12/31/2006 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2006 +0 days 🔍
01/22/2007 +22 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2971 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1501 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Fukumori
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6833 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6833
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34138
X-Force: 31159
SecurityFocus: 21810 - Joomla! Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability And Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23563
Vulnerability Center: 14111 - Joomla! Unspecified Vulnerability in com_categories, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/21/2019 09:53
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59), 04/21/2019 09:53 (10)
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