Vulnerability identifier: #VU17668

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7743

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Joomla!
Web applications / CMS

Vendor: Joomla!

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct objection injection attacks.

The weakness exists due to there is no protection mechanism (such as the TYPO3 PHAR stream wrapper). A remote attacker can use the phar:// handler for non .phar-files and conduct objection injection attacks and perform unauthorized actions.

Mitigation
Update to version 3.9.3.

Vulnerable software versions

Joomla!: 3.9.0 - 3.9.2, 3.8.0 - 3.8.13, 3.7.0 - 3.7.5, 3.6.0 - 3.6.5, 3.5.0 - 3.5.9, 3.0.0 - 3.0.4, 3.3.0 - 3.3.6, 3.2.0 - 3.2.7, 3.4.0 - 3.4.8, 3.1.0 - 3.1.6, 2.5.0 - 2.5.28

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External links
http://developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.