An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.

According to its self-reported version number, the detected Joomla! application is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - Upload filter bypass with PHAR files affects Joomla 1.5.0 through 3.8.11

 - Stored XSS vulnerability in user profile page affects Joomla 1.5.0 through 3.8.11

 - ACL violation due to inadequate checks regarding disabled fields affects Joomla 3.7.0 through 3.8.11

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

JSST reports: Multiple low-priority Vulnerabilities

Inadequate checks in the InputFilter class could allow specifically prepared PHAR files to pass the upload filter.

Inadequate output filtering on the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS attack.

Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.

According to its self-reported version number, the Joomla! installation running on the remote web server is prior to 3.8.12. It is, therefore, affected by malicious file upload and stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. Additionally, versions 3.7.0 through 3.8.11 are affected by an access control list violation vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
98518	Joomla! 1.5.x < 3.8.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical
117511	FreeBSD : joomla3 -- vulnerabilitiesw (bf2b9c56-b93e-11e8-b2a8-a4badb296695)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
112160	Joomla! < 3.8.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2018-15881

high

Tenable Plugins

critical

critical

critical