[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

[20151203] – Core – Directory Traversal

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: CMS
  • Severity: Low
  • Versions: 3.4.0 through 3.4.5
  • Exploit type: Directory Traversal
  • Reported Date: 2015-November-26
  • Fixed Date: 2015-December-14
  • CVE Number: CVE-2015-8564

Description

Failure to properly sanitise input data from the XML install file located within an extension’s package archive allows for directory traversal.

Affected Installs

Joomla! CMS versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.4.6

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.

Reported By: Phil Taylor