SB2019110516 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Joomla!

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18650)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in com_template component. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as change website appearance.

2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18674)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to full installation path disclosure in the . A remote attacker can gain information about filesystem structure of the server where the website is hosted.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/794-20191001-core-csrf-in-com-template-overrides-view.html
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/795-20191002-core-path-disclosure-in-phpuft8-mapping-files.html