Joomla CMS up to 3.2.2 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Joomla CMS. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2014-7982. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Joomla CMS (Content Management System). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! CMS 2.5.x before 2.5.19 and 3.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 10/08/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-7982 since 10/08/2014. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73025 (Joomla! 3.x < 3.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 2.5.19 or 3.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (73025) and SecurityFocus (BID 77808†). The entries VDB-12308, VDB-68540, VDB-68545 and VDB-71891 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8
• 2.5.9
• 2.5.10
• 2.5.11
• 2.5.12
• 2.5.13
• 2.5.14
• 2.5.15
• 2.5.16
• 2.5.17
• 2.5.18
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1
• 3.1.2
• 3.1.3
• 3.1.4
• 3.1.5
• 3.1.6
• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.joomla.org/

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