PT-2015-7807 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Uwe Flottemensch · Published 2015-12-16 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-8562

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 1.5.x through 3.x before 3.4.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP User-Agent header. This has been exploited in the wild.

Recommendations For versions 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6, update to version 3.4.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-8562

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/joomla_http_header_rce.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/ZaleHack/joomla_rce_CVE-2015-8562 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/VoidSec/Joomla_CVE-2015-8562 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/paralelo14/CVE-2015-8562 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39033 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38977 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134949/Joomla-HTTP-Header-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/12/remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-joomla.html · Exploit
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/630-20151214-core-remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8562 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/79195 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/537219/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/joomla_http_header_rce · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135100/Joomla-3.4.5-Object-Injection.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8562 · Note