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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.
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- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: All
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.14 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: Extension Version Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2009-October-13
- Fixed Date: 2009-Nov-03
Description
It is possible to read the contents of an extension's XML file and find the version number of the installed extension. This could allow people to exploit a known security flaws for a specific version of an extension.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.14 are affected.
Solution
Turn on Apache mod_rewrite and configure your .htaccess file to filter out XML files. In the htaccess.txt file shipped with version 1.5.15, lines 35-39 contain example code that will deny access to XML files. You can incorporate this code (or similar code) into your .htaccess file. Be sure to test that it does not cause problems on your site.
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: com_content
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.14 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: Front-End Editing
- Reported Date: 2009-September-05
- Fixed Date: 2009-November-03
Description
When logged into the front end with Author access, it was possible to replace an article written by another user.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.14 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.15 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: Framework
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.12 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: Path Disclosure
- Reported Date: 2009-July-21
- Fixed Date: 2009-July-22
Description
Some files were missing the check for JEXEC. These scripts will then expose internal path information of the host.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.12 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.13 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: com_mailto
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.5.13 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: Email
- Reported Date: 2009-July-28
- Fixed Date: 2009-July-30
Description
In com_mailto, it was possible to bypass timeout protection against sending automated emails.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.13 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.14 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: TinyMCE editor
- Severity: Critical
- Versions: 1.5.12
- Exploit type: Image File upload
- Reported Date: 2009-July-22
- Fixed Date: 2009-July-22
Description
Tiny browser included with TinyMCE 3.0 editor allowed files to be uploaded and removed without logging in.
Affected Installs
Version 1.5.12 only
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.13 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: Site client
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.11 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2009-June-30
- Fixed Date: 2009-June-30
Description
An attacker can inject JavaScript or DHTML code that will be executed in the context of targeted user browser, allowing the attacker to steal cookies. HTTP_REFERER variable is not properly parsed.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.11 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.12 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: Site client
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.11 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2009-June-03
- Fixed Date: 2009-June-30
Description
An attacker can inject JavaScript code in a URL that will be executed in the context of targeted user browser.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.11 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.12 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: Admin client
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.11 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2009-June-22
- Fixed Date: 2009-June-30
Description
Some files were missing the check for JEXEC. These scripts will then expose internal path information of the host.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.11 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.12 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: com_users
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.10 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2009-April-30
- Fixed Date: 2009-June-02
Description
A XSS vulnerability exists in the user view of com_users in the administrator panel.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.10 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.11 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: ja_purity
- Severity: Moderate
- Versions: 1.5.10 and all previous 1.5 releases
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2009-April-06
- Fixed Date: 2009-June-02
Description
A XSS vulnerability exists in the JA_Purity template which ships with Joomla! 1.5.
Affected Installs
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.10 are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.11 or newer).
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.