GHSA-9m72-pw47-292w

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    GHSA-9m72-pw47-292w

    Published: 13 May 2022Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary: Joomla RCE Vulnerability

    Details: An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_joomlaupdate allows the execution of arbitrary code. The default ACL config enabled the ability of Administrator-level users to access com_joomlaupdate and trigger code execution.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17856, https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/752-20181002-core-inadequate-default-access-level-for-com-joomlaupdate.html, https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms, https://web.archive.org/web/20210124211736/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559, https://web.archive.org/web/20211208125303/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: joomla/framework

    Purl: pkg:composer/joomla/framework

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.5.4
    Fixed -3.8.13

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High