CVE-2013-1453
Description
plugins/system/highlight/highlight.php in Joomla! 3.0.x through 3.0.2 and 2.5.x through 2.5.8 allows attackers to unserialize arbitrary PHP objects to obtain sensitive information, delete arbitrary directories, conduct SQL injection attacks, and possibly have other impacts via the highlight parameter. Note: it was originally reported that this issue only allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information, but later analysis demonstrated that other attacks exist.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Joomla! 3.0.2 - 'highlight.php' PHP Object Injection
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/548-20130201-core-information-disclosure.html
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2013-03
- http://karmainsecurity.com/analysis-of-the-joomla-php-object-injection-vulnerability
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81925
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/548-20130201-core-information-disclosure.html
- http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2013-03
- http://karmainsecurity.com/analysis-of-the-joomla-php-object-injection-vulnerability
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81925
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.