Joomla 3.6.x < 3.9.7 Multiple Vulnerabilites

critical Nessus Plugin ID 125923

Synopsis

A PHP application running on the remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 3.6.x prior to 3.9.7. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:
- Joomla versions 3.8.13 prior to 3.9.7 are affected by a vulnerability where a non-admin user may manipulate the update server URL of the com_joomlaupdate component. An authenticated, remote attacker could exploit this to cause an update to be pulled from a malicious server (CVE-2019-12764).

- Joomla versions 3.9.x prior to 3.9.7 are affected by a CSV injection vulnerability due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may exploit this by submitting special characters to the com_actionlogs component. When the resulting CSV file produced by Joomla is opened by a spreadsheet program these special characters are interpretted as a formula (CVE-2019-12765).
- Joomla versions 3.6.x prior to 3.9.6 are affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session (CVE-2019-12766).

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Joomla! version 3.9.8 or later (Note: Joomla released security fixes for the above vulnerabilites in 3.9.7. However, this release introduced an additional bug so it is recommended to upgrade your installation to 3.9.8).

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?80f3a23a

http://www.nessus.org/u?238169ae

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 125923

File Name: joomla_397.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/14/2019

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12765

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:joomla:joomla%5c%21

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Joomla!, www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12764, CVE-2019-12765, CVE-2019-12766

BID: 108729, 108735, 108736