Joomla CMS up to 3.4.2 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Joomla CMS up to 3.4.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5397. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.4.2 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.3.x and 3.4.x before 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that upload code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 07/14/2015 by Eric Flokstra (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5397 since 07/06/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86592 (FreeBSD : Joomla! -- Core - CSRF Protection vulnerabilities (ec2d1cfd-7ac5-11e5-b35a-002590263bf5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86592), SecurityFocus (BID 76495†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51606†). See VDB-76511 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 86592
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Joomla! -- Core - CSRF Protection vulnerabilities (ec2d1cfd-7ac5-11e5-b35a-002590263bf5)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Eric Flokstra
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5397 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5397
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76508
SecurityFocus: 76495 - Joomla! CVE-2015-5397 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032796
Vulnerability Center: 51606 - Joomla! 3.2.0 - 3.4.1 Remote CSRF in Core Component, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/15/2015 14:26
Updated: 06/01/2022 02:06
Changes: 07/15/2015 14:26 (52), 04/21/2019 12:02 (12), 06/01/2022 01:58 (2), 06/01/2022 02:06 (1)
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