Joomla Security Notice :: August 4, 2016

[Jason]

Joomla has emailed a security announcement.  If you use Joomla for your site, please check your version and upgrade accordingly.

The accouncement is available on their site here:

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html

Joomla! Security News
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•   [20160802] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
•   [20160801] - Core - ACL Violation
•   [20160803] - Core - CSRF

[20160802] - Core - XSS Vulnerability
Posted: 03 Aug 2016 07:20 PM PDT
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.6.0 through 3.6.0
- Exploit type: XSS Vulnerability
- Reported Date: 2016-February-05
- Fixed Date: 2016-August-03
- CVE Number: Requested
Description
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability in mail component.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.6.0 through 3.6.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.6.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Reported By: Dingjie (Daniel) Yang



[20160801] - Core - ACL Violation
Posted: 02 Aug 2016 08:00 PM PDT
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 1.6.0 through 3.6.0
- Exploit type: ACL Violation
- Reported Date: 2016-April-29
- Fixed Date: 2016-August-03
- CVE Numbers: requested
Description
Inadequate ACL checks in com_content provide potential read access to data which should be access restricted to users with edit_own level.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 1.6.0 through 3.6.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.6.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Reported By: T-Systems Multimedia Solutions



[20160803] - Core - CSRF
Posted: 02 Aug 2016 08:00 PM PDT
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Severity: Medium
- Versions: 3.6.0
- Exploit type: CSRF
- Reported Date: 2016-July-19
- Fixed Date: 2016-August-03
- CVE Numbers: requested
Description
Add additional CSRF hardening in com_joomlaupdate.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS version 3.6.0
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.6.1
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Reported By: Calum Hutton