Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently bypass ACL's. Joomla! Core versions 3.x.x ranging from 3.8.0 and up to and including 3.9.3 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 3.9.4 or latest

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/775-20190304-core-missing-acl-check-in-sample-data-plugins.html

Related Vulnerabilities

OpenSSL Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Vulnerability (CVE-2023-3446)

MySQL CVE-2015-4866 Vulnerability (CVE-2015-4866)

PostgreSQL Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2007-2138)

Jboss EAP Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12617)

WordPress Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-28040)

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-9713 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass