Joomla User Registration Process

Joomla! is one of the most used free and open-source content management systems. Joomla! was first introduced to publish web content. This software was developed by Open Source Matters, Inc and was built on the base of the model–view–controller web application framework. There are servers using Joomla! that have failed to Implement identification and verification requirements. This misconfiguration corresponds to the security requirements of the information that the credentials protect and might lead to an attacker to register, access and make changes to the application’s server. This attack can lead to major issues like sensitive information leakage, elevated privileges attack and many more. Joomla had a vulnerable function register() that allowed an attacker to change $data to send the attacker’s request as an administrator’s request.

Impact

The impact include:-

• Losing server integrity
• Possible data loss

Mitigation / Precaution

Beagle recommends the following fixes:-

• Make sure to Upgrade Joomla! to the latest version.

Written by

Prathap

Co-founder, Director

Prathap has around 20 years of experience and has worked on various projects in leading companies like Hitachi, Toshiba, Schneider Electric, ABB, Panasonic, and MicroFuzzy. His expertise lies in architecting, designing, and developing secure projects covering various aspects of software development, processes, and methodology.