Joomla! com_content Component 'order' Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25823

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The version of Joomla! running on the remote host is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in com_content/content.php due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input to the 'order' parameter before using it to generate dynamic HTML content. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into the user's browser session.

Note that this version of Joomla! may be affected by a session fixation vulnerability in the administrator application as well as several other cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities; however, Nessus has not checked for these.

Solution

Upgrade to Joomla! version 1.0.13 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dadacc25

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25823

File Name: joomla_order_xss.nasl

Version: 1.33

Type: remote

Published: 8/1/2007

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4189

BID: 25122

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990