Joomla CMS up to 3.4.4 com_contenthistory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Joomla CMS up to 3.4.4. This affects an unknown part of the component com_contenthistory. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7859. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.4.4 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component com_contenthistory. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The com_contenthistory component in Joomla! 3.2 before 3.4.5 does not properly check ACLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 10/23/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7859 since 10/18/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86585 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11538 (Joomla! com_contenthistory SQL Injection Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86585), SecurityTracker (ID 1033950†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53955†). The entries VDB-78869, VDB-78870, VDB-78871 and VDB-78873 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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

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Nessus ID: 86585
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OpenVAS ID: 100007
OpenVAS Name: Joomla Core SQL Injection Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 3.4.5
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10/15/2015 🔍
10/18/2015 +3 days 🔍
10/23/2015 +5 days 🔍
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10/29/2015 +4 days 🔍
06/25/2022 +2431 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7859 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7859
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78872
SecurityTracker: 1033950
Vulnerability Center: 53955 - Joomla! CMS 3.0.0 - 3.4.4 Remote DB Read Vulnerability in com_content - CVE-2015-7859, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/25/2015 10:30
Updated: 06/25/2022 03:57
Changes: 10/25/2015 10:30 (62), 04/21/2019 12:17 (8), 06/25/2022 03:57 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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