Developer Network™ Security Announcements
This feed provides announcements of resolved security issues in Joomla! software releases.
For more information about the Joomla! Security Strike Team (JSST) and its processes, please review our Security article.
To report potential security issues, please follow the guidelines in the above referenced article. Please note that we are only able to provide support for the Joomla! CMS, Joomla! Framework, and *.joomla.org network of websites.
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- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.7.1
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2011-August-02
- Fixed Date: 2011-October-17
Description
Inadequate error checking causes potential information disclosure.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.7.1 and earlier
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.7.2 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.23 and earlier
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2011-September-09
- Fixed Date: 2011-October-17
Description
Weak encryption causes potential information disclosure.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.5.23 and earlier
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.5.24 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.7.0
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2011-September-23
- Fixed Date: 2011-September-26
Description
Inadequate error checking causes information disclosure.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.7.0
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.7.1 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Medium
- Versions: 1.7.0 and all 1.6.x versions
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2011-August-02
- Fixed Date: 2011-September-22
Description
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability in com_search.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.7.0 and all 1.6.x versions
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.7.1 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Medium
- Versions: 1.7.0 and all 1.6.x versions
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2011-August-02
- Fixed Date: 2011-September-22
Description
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability in back end.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.7.0 and all 1.6.x versions
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.7.1 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Medium
- Versions: 1.6.5 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2011-July-11
- Fixed Date: 2011-July-19
Description
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.6.5 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.6.6 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.6.3 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2011-May-25
- Fixed Date: 2011-June-23
Description
Inadequate filtering causes possible information disclosure.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.6.3 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.6.4 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Medium
- Versions: 1.6.3 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2011-May-25
- Fixed Date: 2011-June-27
Description
Inadequate filtering leads to XSS vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! version 1.6.3 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.6.4 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.15 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: Unauthorised Access
- Reported Date: 2010-Jan-07
- Fixed Date: 2010-Apr-23
Description
When a user requests a password reset, the reset tokens were stored in plain text in the database. While this is not a vulnerability in itself, it allows user accounts to be compromised if there is an extension on the site with an SQL injection vulnerability.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.15 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.5.16 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.15 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: Session fixation
- Reported Date: 2010-Mar-25
- Fixed Date: 2010-Apr-23
Description
Session id doesn't get modified when user logs in. A remote site may be able to forward a visitor to the Joomla! site and set a specific cookie. If the user then logs in, the remote site can use that cookie to authenticate as that user.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.15 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.5.16 or later)
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.