Joomla CMS up to 3.3.x/3.4.5 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Joomla CMS up to 3.3.x/3.4.5 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8563. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.3.x/3.4.5 (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the com_templates component in Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.3.x and 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 12/16/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8563 since 12/15/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87483 (FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple vulnerabilities (a9f60ce8-a4e0-11e5-b864-14dae9d210b8)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11561 (Joomla! Cross-Site Request Forgery and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 3.4.6 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 Tenable (87483), SecurityFocus (BID 79199†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55383†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79830, VDB-79832 and VDB-79833. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 87483
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : joomla -- multiple vulnerabilities (a9f60ce8-a4e0-11e5-b864-14dae9d210b8)
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OpenVAS ID: 103398
OpenVAS Name: Joomla! Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 3.4.6

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12/14/2015 🔍
12/14/2015 +0 days 🔍
12/15/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/16/2015 +1 days 🔍
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12/17/2015 +1 days 🔍
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12/18/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/23/2015 +5 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1215 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8563 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8563
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79831
SecurityFocus: 79199 - Joomla! Core CVE-2015-8563 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 55383 - Joomla! CMS Remote Privilege Escalation due to CSRF Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2015 09:28
Updated: 04/21/2019 12:03
Changes: 12/17/2015 09:28 (61), 04/21/2019 12:03 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:C1A:103

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