Joomla! 1.6.0 - 4.4.0, 5.0.0 Information Disclosure Vulnerability. Language file parsing process manipulation, exposing environment variables with sensitive information. Affected versions: Joomla! 1.6.0 - 4.4.0, 5.0.0. Solution: Update to version 4.4.1, 5.0.1 or later
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 9 |
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![]() | Joomla 5.0.0 < 5.0.1 / 1.6.x < 4.4.1 Joomla 5.0.1 and 4.4.1 Security and Bug Fix Release (5901-joomla-5-0-1-and-4-4-1-security-and-bug-fix-release) | 14 Dec 202300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2023-40626 [20231101] - Core - Exposure of environment variables | 29 Nov 202312:28 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2023-40626 [20231101] - Core - Exposure of environment variables | 29 Nov 202312:28 | – | vulnrichment |
![]() | CVE-2023-40626 | 29 Nov 202313:15 | – | cve |
![]() | [20231101] - Core - Exposure of environment variables | 14 Jul 202300:00 | – | joomla |
![]() | CVE-2023-40626 | 29 Nov 202313:15 | – | osv |
![]() | Information disclosure | 29 Nov 202313:15 | – | prion |
![]() | CVE-2023-40626 | 29 Nov 202313:15 | – | nvd |
![]() | Exploit for CVE-2023-40626 | 29 Nov 202319:46 | – | githubexploit |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:joomla:joomla";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151328");
script_version("2023-12-08T05:05:53+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-12-08 05:05:53 +0000 (Fri, 08 Dec 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-11-30 03:05:48 +0000 (Thu, 30 Nov 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-12-05 15:52:00 +0000 (Tue, 05 Dec 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-40626");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Joomla! 1.6.0 - 4.4.0, 5.0.0 Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("joomla_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("joomla/installed");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Joomla! is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The language file parsing process could be manipulated to
expose environment variables. Environment variables might contain sensible information.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! version 1.6.0 through 4.4.0 and version 5.0.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.4.1, 5.0.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/919-20231101-core-exposure-of-environment-variables.html");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "1.6.0", test_version2: "4.4.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.4.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.0.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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