6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
5.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.4%
According to its self-reported version number, the Joomla! installation running on the remote web server is 2.5.x prior to 2.5.7.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple cross-site (XSS) scripting vulnerabilities :
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the default_system.php script due to improper validation of the User-Agent string before submitting it to the sysinfo.php script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user’s browser session. (CVE-2012-4351)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Language Switcher module, specifically within file modules/mod_languages/tmpl/default.php, due to improper sanitization of input passed via ‘PATH_INFO’ to the index.php script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user’s browser session. (CVE-2012-4352)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(64438);
script_version("1.14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/05");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4531", "CVE-2012-4532");
script_bugtraq_id(54259, 55818);
script_name(english:"Joomla! 2.5.x < 2.5.7 Multiple XSS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by
multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the Joomla!
installation running on the remote web server is 2.5.x prior to 2.5.7.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple cross-site (XSS) scripting
vulnerabilities :
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the
default_system.php script due to improper validation of
the User-Agent string before submitting it to the
sysinfo.php script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker
can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to
execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser
session. (CVE-2012-4351)
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the
Language Switcher module, specifically within file
modules/mod_languages/tmpl/default.php, due to improper
sanitization of input passed via 'PATH_INFO' to the
index.php script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker
can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to
execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser
session. (CVE-2012-4352)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
# http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?611dbe83");
# https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?14e8b065");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Joomla! version 2.5.7 or later. Alternatively, apply the
patch referenced in the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/05/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/09/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/02/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:joomla:joomla\!");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"enable_cgi_scanning", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2024 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencies("joomla_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Joomla!", "www/PHP", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("install_func.inc");
app = "Joomla!";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);
install = get_single_install(
app_name : app,
port : port,
exit_if_unknown_ver : TRUE
);
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
version = install['version'];
install_loc = build_url(port:port, qs:install['path']);
fix = "2.5.7";
# Check granularity
if (version =~ "^2(\.5)?$")
audit(AUDIT_VER_NOT_GRANULAR, "app", port, version);
# Versions 2.5.X less than 2.5.7 are vulnerable
if (version =~ "^2\.5\.[0-6]([^0-9]|$)")
{
order = make_list("URL", "Installed version", "Fixed version");
report = make_array(
order[0], install_loc,
order[1], version,
order[2], fix
);
report = report_items_str(report_items:report, ordered_fields:order);
security_report_v4(port:port, extra:report,severity:SECURITY_WARNING, xss:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_loc, version);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
joomla | joomla%5c%21 | cpe:/a:joomla:joomla%5c%21 |