Joomla! Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47753

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/47753/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=47753

RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-25
DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Joomla!, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks
and disclose sensitive information.

1) Certain unspecified input is not properly verified before being
used. This can be exploited to disclose sensitive information.

2) Certain unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML
and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected
site.

3) Certain unspecified input is not properly verified before being
used. This can be exploited to disclose sensitive information.

4) Certain unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being
returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML
and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected
site.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 1.7.3 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.7.4 or upgrade to version 2.5.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits:
1) Cyrille Barthelemy.
2) Ankita Kapadia.
3) Jean-Marie Simonet.
4) David Jardin.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Joomla 1.7.4:
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5405-joomla-174-released.html

Joomla 2.5.0:
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5403-joomla-250-released.html

Vulnerabilities:
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/382-20120101-core-information-disclosure
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/383-20120102-core-xss-vulnerability
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/384-20120103-core-information-disclosure
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/385-20120104-core-xss-vulnerability