Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and run it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation; other attacks are also possible. Joomla! Core version 1.5.12 is vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 1.5.13 or latest

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35780/exploit

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/joomla_tinybrowser.rb

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10183/

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/301-20090722-core-file-upload.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2011-4906 CVE-2011-4908 CWE-434 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Unauthenticated File Upload