PT-2017-18051 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Abdullah Hussam · Published 2017-04-25 · Updated 2017-05-02 · CVE-2017-7989

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 3.2.0 through 3.6.5

Description The issue arises from inadequate MIME type checks, allowing low-privilege users to upload swf files even if they were explicitly forbidden.

Recommendations For versions 3.2.0 through 3.6.5, update to version 3.7.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7989

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7989 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7989 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/689-20170407-core-acl-violations · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98029 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7989 · Note