XStandard Lite Plugin for Joomla! X_CMS_LIBRARY_PATH Header Directory Traversal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35321

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of Joomla! running on the remote host is distributed with a WYSIWYG editor plugin known as XStandard Lite. This plugin is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability in the attachmentlibrary.php script due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input to the X_CMS_LIBRARY_PATH request header before returning a listing of directories and certain types of files (txt, zip, pdf, doc, rtf, tar, ppt, xls, xml, xsl, xslt, swf, gif, jpeg, jpg, png, and bmp by default). Regardless of whether this plugin has been configured for use with the Joomla! installation, an unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability, via a specially crafted directory traversal sequence, to disclose the directory trees on the remote host, subject to the privileges of the web server user ID.

Solution

Upgrade to Joomla! version 1.5.9 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35321

File Name: joomla_x_cms_library_path_traversal.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/8/2009

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0113

BID: 33143

CWE: 22

SECUNIA: 33377

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