CVE-2018-17858

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_installer actions do not have sufficient CSRF hardening in the backend.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/755-20181005-core-csrf-hardening-in-com-installer.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-10-09 14:29

Updated : 2018-11-26 08:58

NVD link : CVE-2018-17858

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17858

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Products Affected

joomla

joomla\!

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