PT-2013-3144 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Egix · Published 2013-02-13 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2013-1453

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 2.5.x through 2.5.8 Joomla! versions 3.0.x through 3.0.2

Description The issue allows attackers to unserialize arbitrary PHP objects, which can lead to obtaining sensitive information, deleting arbitrary directories, conducting SQL injection attacks, and possibly having other impacts. This is achieved via the highlight parameter.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 2.5.x through 2.5.8, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Joomla! versions 3.0.x through 3.0.2, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the highlight parameter in the affected highlight.php file until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1453

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/24551 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://karmainsecurity.com/analysis-of-the-joomla-php-object-injection-vulnerability · Exploit
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/548-20130201-core-information-disclosure.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1453 · Security Note
• http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2013-03 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1453 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81925 · Note