PT-2015-7649 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2015-10-29 · Updated 2015-10-30 · CVE-2015-7859

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 3.2 through 3.4.4

Description The issue concerns the com contenthistory component, which fails to properly check Access Control Lists (ACLs), allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information. ACLs, or Access Control Lists, are a means of defining access rights for users and groups, determining what actions they can perform on a system or its components.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 3.2 through 3.4.4, update to version 3.4.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-7859

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7859 · Security Note
• http://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/629-20151002-core-acl-violations.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7859 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033950 · Note