SB2020031409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Joomla!



SB2020031409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Joomla!

Published: March 14, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020031409
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 6
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10241)

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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_templates when processing image actions. 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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10242)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in CSS selectors in the Protostar and Beez3 JavaScript. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


3) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10238)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in com_templates. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the application.


4) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10239)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: 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/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in com_fields SQL field. A remote authenticated user can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to the application.


5) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10240)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to possible identifier collision in com_users component. Joomla! does not perform length checks in the user table can lead to the creation of users with duplicate usernames and/or email addresses.


6) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10243)

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "Featured Articles" frontend menutype. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.