HTTP: Joomla PHP Object Injection

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Joomla. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

plugins/system/remember/remember.php in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.10 and 3.0.x before 3.0.4 does not properly handle an object obtained by unserializing a cookie, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP object injection attacks and cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Affected Products

Joomla joomla!

References

CVE: CVE-2013-3242

Short Name
HTTP:PHP:JOOMLA-PHP-OBJ-INJ
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2013-3242 Injection Joomla Object PHP
Release Date
05/14/2013
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Joomla

CVSS Score

5.5

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