PT-2015-7657 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2015-10-29 · Updated 2015-10-30 · CVE-2015-7899

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.x before 3.4.5

Description The issue concerns the com content component, which does not properly check Access Control Lists (ACLs), allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information. ACLs are used to define permissions for accessing certain resources or data.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.4.5, update to version 3.4.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-7899

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7899 · Security Note
• http://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/630-20151003-core-acl-violations.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7899 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033950 · Note