PT-2019-12093 · Joomla · Joomla!

Benjamin Trenkle · Published 2019-04-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-10946

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions prior to 3.9.5

Description An issue was discovered where the "refresh list of helpsites" endpoint of com users lacks access checks, allowing calls from unauthenticated users. This affects the com users component, specifically the endpoint related to refreshing the list of helpsites.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.5, update to version 3.9.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "refresh list of helpsites" endpoint of com users to authenticated users only until a patch is applied.

Fix

Missing Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-306

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-10946

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10946 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/778-20190402-core-helpsites-refresh-endpoint-callable-for-unauthenticated-users · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-10946 · Note