QID 154087

Date Published: 2021-09-13

QID 154087: Joomla! Core - CSRF and User Enumeration Vulnerability

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. A Cross-Site Resource Forgery and a User Enumeration vulnerability was discovered in the current installation of Joomla!. This issue exists due to a missing token check in the 'emailexport' feature of 'com_privacy' and the later, due to Improper handling of the username in the backend login page. This affects Joomla! versions through 3.9.22.

Affected Versions:
Joomla! 3.9.0 - 3.9.22

Upon successful exploitation of a CSRF vulnerability, victim can be tricked into performing certain action without knowledge, such as deleting/adding any record. The other vulnerability would allow an attacker to successfully enumerate the users of the application, affecting the Confidentiality of the application.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    The vendor has released Joomla 3.9.23 to remediate these vulnerabilities.

    CVEs related to QID 154087

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    20201105 URL Logo www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5828-joomla-3-9-23.html
    20201105 URL Logo www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5828-joomla-3-9-23.html

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