[20151201] – Core – Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: CMS
  • Severity: High
  • Versions: 1.5.0 through 3.4.5
  • Exploit type: Remote Code Execution
  • Reported Date: 2015-December-13
  • Fixed Date: 2015-December-14
  • CVE Numbers: CVE-2015-8562

Description

Browser information is not filtered properly while saving the session values into the database which leads to a Remote Code Execution vulnerability.

Affected Installs

Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.4.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.4.6

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.

Reported By: Uwe Flottemensch

[20151202] – Core – CSRF Hardening

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: CMS
  • Severity: Low
  • Versions: 3.2.0 through 3.4.5
  • Exploit type: CSRF
  • Reported Date: 2015-November-26
  • Fixed Date: 2015-December-14
  • CVE Number: CVE-2015-8563

Description

Add additional CSRF hardening in com_templates.

Affected Installs

Joomla! CMS versions 3.2.0 through 3.4.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.4.6

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.

Reported By: Phil Taylor