Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a spam vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to send spam through the affected website. Joomla! Core versions 1.5.x ranging from 1.5.0 and up to and including 1.5.22 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 1.5.23 or latest

References

https://developer.joomla.org/joomlacode-archive/issue-24289.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15979/

https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5367-joomla-1523-released.html

Related Vulnerabilities

WordPress 5.2.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (5.2 - 5.2.2)

WordPress Plugin teachPress Unspecified Vulnerability (5.0.17)

Liferay Portal Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2010-5327)

WordPress Plugin About Author Cross-Site Scripting (1.3.9)

MySQL CVE-2015-2568 Vulnerability (CVE-2015-2568)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-20 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update