Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11324 - Race Condition vulnerability in Joomla Joomla!

047910
CVSS 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
joomla
CWE-362
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-05-22
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. A long running background process, such as remote checks for core or extension updates, could create a race condition where a session that was expected to be destroyed would be recreated.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Joomla
292

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idJOOMLA_388.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the Joomla! installation running on the remote web server is prior to 3.8.8. It is, therefore, affected by a multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id110227
published2018-05-31
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110227
titleJoomla! < 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(110227);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/04");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-6378",
    "CVE-2018-11321",
    "CVE-2018-11322",
    "CVE-2018-11323",
    "CVE-2018-11324",
    "CVE-2018-11325",
    "CVE-2018-11326",
    "CVE-2018-11327",
    "CVE-2018-11328"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    104268,
    104269,
    104270,
    104271,
    104272,
    104273,
    104274,
    104276,
    104278
  );

  script_name(english:"Joomla! < 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Joomla!.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the Joomla!
installation running on the remote web server is prior to 3.8.8. It
is, therefore, affected by a multiple vulnerabilities.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has
instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  # https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5730-joomla-3-8-8-release.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c5d229a2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Joomla! version 3.8.8 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-11323");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/05/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:joomla:joomla\!");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("joomla_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Joomla!", "www/PHP", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("http.inc");
include("vcf.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:"Joomla!", port:port, webapp:TRUE);

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  { "min_version" : "1.5.0", "fixed_version" : "3.8.8" }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, flags:{xss:TRUE});

References