Vulnerability in Joomboost (CVE-2019-25762)
Summary
Vulnerability in Joomboost (CVE-2019-25762). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Joomla! Component JoomProject 1.1.3.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive user data by exploiting the projects endpoint. Attackers can send requests to index.php with option=com_jpprojects&view=projects&tmpl=component&format=json parameters to retrieve user IDs, names, and email addresses in JSON format.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-25762 has been found in Joomboost.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Joomboost CVE-2019-25762" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2019-25762 (Joomboost) — CWE-359 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-359) exists in Joomboost.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Joomboost.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Joomboost' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Joomboost' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Joomboostを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory disclosure@vulncheck.com
- exploit disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web extensions.joomla.org
- web joomboost.com
- web github.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com
- web disclosure@vulncheck.com