CVE-2013-1453

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/548-20130201-core-information-disclosure.htmlAdvisory
• http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2013-03
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81925
• http://karmainsecurity.com/analysis-of-the-joomla-php-object-injection-vulnerabilityExploit