59801 : Front-End Editor Component in Joomla! Cross-user Front Page Article Manipulation
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12	715	over 2 years ago	4 months ago	5 times	65%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2009-09-05	2009-11-03	2009-11-03

Time to Patch
59 days

Keywords

com_content

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-3945" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Unspecified vulnerability in the Front-End Editor in the com_content component in Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote authenticated users, with Author privileges, to replace the articles of an arbitrary user via unknown vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.5.15 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Open Source Matters, Inc.	Joomla!	1.5.14
		1.5.15 (not affected)

References

CVE ID: 2009-3945 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 37262
ISS X-Force ID: 54161
Related OSVDB ID: 59800
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/305-20091103-core-front-end-editor-issue-.html

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-11-17 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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