Security Announcements
This feed provides announcements of resolved security issues in Joomla! software releases.
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[20170703] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.0 through 3.7.2
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2017-June-22
- Fixed Date: 2017-July-04
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7985
Description
Inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.3
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170501] - Core - SQL Injection
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: High
- Versions: 3.7.0
- Exploit type: SQL Injection
- Reported Date: 2017-May-11
- Fixed Date: 2017-May-17
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-8917
Description
Inadequate filtering of request data leads to a SQL Injection vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.7.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170408] - Core - Information Disclosure
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 3.4.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2016-Feb-06
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-8057
Description
Multiple files caused full path disclosures on systems with enabled error reporting.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.4.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170407] - Core - ACL Violations
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 3.2.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: ACL Violation
- Reported Date: 2017-March-01
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7989
Description
Inadequate mime type checks allowed low-privilege users to upload swf files even if they were explicitly forbidden.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.2.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170406] - Core - ACL Violations
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.6.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: ACL Violation
- Reported Date: 2016-April-29
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7988
Description
Inadequate filtering of form contents lead allow to overwrite the author of an article.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.6.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170405] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 3.2.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2016-February-28
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7987
Description
Inadequate escaping of file and folder names leads to XSS vulnerabilities in the template manager component.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.2.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170404] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2017-February-22
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7986
Description
Inadequate filtering of specific HTML attributes leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170403] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2017-March-21
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7985
Description
Inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170402] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 3.2.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2016-December-23
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7984
Description
Inadequate filtering leads to XSS in the template manager component.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.2.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
[20170401] - Core - Information Disclosure
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
- Exploit type: Information Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2017-Jan-02
- Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
- CVE Number: CVE-2017-7983
Description
Mail sent using the JMail API leaked the used PHPMailer version in the mail headers.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.7.0
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.