Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

BID:35544

Info

Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 35544
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 01 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 02 2009 05:19PM
Credit: Juan Galiana Lara (Internet Security Auditors), Paul Boekholt (Byte Internet)
Vulnerable: Joomla Joomla 1.5.11
Joomla Joomla 1.5.10
Joomla Joomla 1.5.9
Joomla Joomla 1.5.8
Joomla Joomla 1.5.7
Joomla Joomla 1.5.6
Joomla Joomla 1.5.5
Joomla Joomla 1.5.4
Joomla Joomla 1.5.3
Joomla Joomla 1.5.2
Joomla Joomla 1.5.1
Joomla Joomla 1.5
Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 Beta
Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC3
Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC2
Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC1
Joomla Joomla 1.5 Beta 2
Not Vulnerable: Joomla Joomla 1.5.12

Discussion

Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Joomla! is prone to multiple cross-site scripting and information-disclosure vulnerabilities.

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, steal cookie-based authentication credentials, and obtain sensitive information.

These issues affect versions prior to 1.5.12.

Exploit / POC

Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use a browser to exploit these issues. To exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for more information.


Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC1

Joomla Joomla 1.5 Beta 2

Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC2

Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 Beta

Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC3

Joomla Joomla 1.5

Joomla Joomla 1.5.1

Joomla Joomla 1.5.10

Joomla Joomla 1.5.11

Joomla Joomla 1.5.2

Joomla Joomla 1.5.3

Joomla Joomla 1.5.4

Joomla Joomla 1.5.5

Joomla Joomla 1.5.6

Joomla Joomla 1.5.7

Joomla Joomla 1.5.8

Joomla Joomla 1.5.9

References

Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

References:

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