Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently verify user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. Joomla! Core versions 3.x.x ranging from 3.2.0 and up to and including 3.4.5 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 3.4.6 or latest

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/635-20151214-core-directory-traversal.html

Related Vulnerabilities

Apache Tomcat Other Vulnerability (CVE-2001-0917)

Nginx Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2266)

WebLogic CVE-2017-3506 Vulnerability (CVE-2017-3506)

Zope Web Application Server Cryptographic Issues Vulnerability (CVE-2012-6661)

Play Framework Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-12480)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2015-8565 CWE-22 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 Directory Traversal