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This feed provides announcements of resolved security issues in Joomla! software releases.
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- Project: Joomla! / Joomla! Framework
- SubProject: CMS / filesystem
- Impact: Low
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 3.0.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: Path Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2021-02-17
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23794
Description
Uploading a file name of an excess length causes the error. This error brings up the screen with the path of the source code of the web application.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.10.7 or 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: High
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 2.5.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: Incorrect Access Control
- Reported Date: 2020-09-23
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23795
Description
A user row was not bound to a specific authentication mechanism which could under very special circumstances allow an account takeover.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 2.5.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.10.7 or 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: Moderate
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 3.7.0 - 3.10.6
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2021-05-06
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23796
Description
Lack of input validation could allow an XSS attack using com_fields
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.7.0 - 3.10.6
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.10.7
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: High
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 3.0.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: SQL Injection
- Reported Date: 2021-03-04
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23797
Description
Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids on an request could resulted into an possible SQL injection.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.10.7 & 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: Low
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 2.5.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: Open redirect
- Reported Date: 2021-03-23
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23798
Description
Inadequate validation of URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 2.5.0 - 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.10.7 & 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla! / Joomla! Framework
- SubProject: CMS / input
- Impact: Moderate
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: Variable Tampering
- Reported Date: 2021-11-05
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23799
Description
Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla! / Joomla! Framework
- SubProject: CMS / filter
- Impact: Moderate
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2022-01-19
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23800
Description
Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: Moderate
- Severity: Low
- Probability: Low
- Versions: 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2021-08-25
- Fixed Date: 2022-03-29
- CVE Number: CVE-2022-23801
Description
Possible XSS attack vector through SVG embedding in com_media.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 4.0.0 - 4.1.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 4.1.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: Moderate
- Severity: High
- Versions: 4.0.0
- Exploit type: Incorrect Access Control
- Reported Date: 2021-08-20
- Fixed Date: 2021-08-24
- CVE Number: CVE-2021-26040
Description
The media manager does not correctly check the user's permissions before executing a file deletion command.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 4.0.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 4.0.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: Moderate
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 3.0.0 - 3.9.27
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2021-06-22
- Fixed Date: 2021-07-06
- CVE Number: CVE-2021-26039
Description
Inadequate escaping in the imagelist view of com_media leads to a XSS vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 - 3.9.27
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.9.28
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.