Joomla 2.5.x < 3.10.7 / 4.0.x < 4.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (5857-joomla-4-1-1-and-3-10-7-release)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159348

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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 2.5.x prior to 3.10.7 or 4.0.x prior to 4.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path. (CVE-2022-23793)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Uploading a file name of an excess length causes the error. This error brings up the screen with the path of the source code of the web application. (CVE-2022-23794)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. A user row was not bound to a specific authentication mechanism which could under very special circumstances allow an account takeover. (CVE-2022-23795)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.7.0 through 3.10.6. Lack of input validation could allow an XSS attack using com_fields. (CVE-2022-23796)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids on an request could resulted into an possible SQL injection. (CVE-2022-23797)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate validation of URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not. (CVE-2022-23798)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data. (CVE-2022-23799)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components. (CVE-2022-23800)

- An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Possible XSS atack vector through SVG embedding in com_media. (CVE-2022-23801)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Joomla! version 3.10.7 / 4.1.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159348

File Name: joomla_411.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/30/2022

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: 5.9

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-2022-23797

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23799

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: 3/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23793, CVE-2022-23794, CVE-2022-23796, CVE-2022-23797, CVE-2022-23798, CVE-2022-23799, CVE-2022-23800, CVE-2022-23801

IAVA: 2022-A-0130-S, 2022-A-0490-S

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