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Joomla! User-Agent Object Injection RCE
critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98222
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Synopsis
Joomla! User-Agent Object Injection RCEDescription
The Joomla! application running on the remote web server is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the User-Agent header field when saving session values. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a serialized PHP object, to execute arbitrary PHP code.Solution
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 98222
Type: remote
Family: Component Vulnerability
Published: 6/25/2018
Updated: 9/7/2021
Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8562
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8562
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-8562
BID: 79195
CWE: 20
OWASP: 2010-A4, 2013-A4, 2013-A9, 2017-A5, 2017-A9, 2021-A3, 2021-A6
WASC: Improper Input Handling
CAPEC: 10, 101, 104, 108, 109, 110, 120, 13, 135, 136, 14, 153, 182, 209, 22, 23, 230, 231, 24, 250, 261, 267, 28, 3, 31, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 473, 52, 53, 588, 63, 64, 67, 7, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79, 8, 80, 81, 83, 85, 88, 9
DISA STIG: APSC-DV-002560, APSC-DV-002630
HIPAA: 164.306(a)(1), 164.306(a)(2)
ISO: 27001-A.14.2.5
NIST: sp800_53-CM-6b, sp800_53-SI-10
OWASP API: 2019-API7, 2023-API8
OWASP ASVS: 4.0.2-14.2.1, 4.0.2-5.1.3