Joomla CMS up to 1.5.14 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 1.5.14. It has been declared as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2009-3946. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Joomla CMS up to 1.5.14 (Content Management System). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote attackers to read an extension s XML file, and thereby obtain the extension s version number, via a direct request.

The weakness was released 11/02/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3946 since 11/16/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54160), OSVDB (59800†), Secunia (SA37262†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41589†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-50825. 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

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11
• 1.5.12
• 1.5.13
• 1.5.14

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.joomla.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 1.5.15

Timelineinfo

11/02/2009 🔍
11/03/2009 +1 days 🔍
11/05/2009 +2 days 🔍
11/05/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/16/2009 +10 days 🔍
11/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2013 +1407 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +541 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-3946 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50826
X-Force: 54160
Secunia: 37262 - Joomla! Article Manipulation and Version Information Disclosure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 59800 - Joomla! XML File Handling Module Version Information Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 41589 - Joomla! <1.5.15 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability via a Direct Request, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/21/2019 11:48
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (64), 04/21/2019 11:48 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:2C9:103

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