# CVE-2007-6642: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can exploit CSRF flaws in Joomla to add super admins, upload malicious extensions, or modify configurations, requiring victim interaction.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cpg7-299x-5p6h

## What is CVE-2007-6642?

CVE-2007-6642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla, published on 4 Jan 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.5 RC4 allow remote attackers to (1) add a Super Admin, (2) upload an extension containing arbitrary PHP code, and (3) modify the configuration as administrators via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6642?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Joomla Joomla.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6642?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Joomla Joomla

- [CVE-2008-3225](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3225/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1047/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0303/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2005-3773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3773/): Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1028](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1028/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6642 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla, published on 4 Jan 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Joomla Joomla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6642/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6642
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6642
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6642

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6642/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.