An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy
    crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path. (CVE-2022-23793)

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 2.5.x prior to 3.10.7 or 4.x prior to 4.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

 - Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path. (CVE-2022-23793)

 - Uploading a file name of an excess length causes the error. This error brings up the screen with the path of the source code of the web application. (CVE-2022-23794)

 - A user row was not bound to a specific authentication mechanism which could under very special circumstances allow an account takeover. (CVE-2022-23795)

 - Lack of input validation could allow an XSS attack using com_fields. (CVE-2022-23796)

 - Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids on an request could resulted into an possible SQL injection. (CVE-2022-23797)

 - Inadequate validation of URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not. (CVE-2022-23798)

 - Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data. (CVE-2022-23799)

 - Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components. (CVE-2022-23800)

 - Possible XSS attack vector through SVG embedding in com_media. (CVE-2022-23801)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to its self-reported version, the instance of Joomla! running on the remote web server is 2.5.x prior to 3.10.7 or 4.0.x prior to 4.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Extracting an specifilcy     crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path. (CVE-2022-23793)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Uploading a file name of an     excess length causes the error. This error brings up the screen with the path of the source code of the     web application. (CVE-2022-23794)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. A user row was not bound to     a specific authentication mechanism which could under very special circumstances allow an account     takeover. (CVE-2022-23795)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.7.0 through 3.10.6. Lack of input validation could allow an XSS     attack using com_fields. (CVE-2022-23796)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate filtering on the     selected Ids on an request could resulted into an possible SQL injection. (CVE-2022-23797)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate validation of     URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not. (CVE-2022-23798)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Under specific circumstances, JInput pollutes     method-specific input bags with $_REQUEST data. (CVE-2022-23799)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS     vulnerabilities in various components. (CVE-2022-23800)

  - An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Possible XSS atack vector through SVG embedding in     com_media. (CVE-2022-23801)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
433557	SCA: security update for joomla/archive (GHSA-jm67-jh3g-cg3f)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
433557	SCA: security update for joomla/archive (GHSA-jm67-jh3g-cg3f)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
113216	Joomla! 2.5.x < 3.10.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical
113215	Joomla! 4.x < 4.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical
159348	Joomla 2.5.x < 3.10.7 / 4.0.x < 4.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (5857-joomla-4-1-1-and-3-10-7-release)	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-23793

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

critical

critical

critical