PT-2018-17515 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Karim Ouerghemmi · Published 2018-01-30 · Updated 2018-02-13 · CVE-2018-6376

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions prior to 3.8.4

Description The issue arises from the lack of type casting of a variable in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability in the Hathor postinstall message.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.4, update to version 3.8.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6376

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 7

• 🔥 https://notsosecure.com/analyzing-cve-2018-6376 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/722-20180105-core-sqli-vulnerability.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6376 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6376 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040316 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102916 · Note