Vulnerability Analysis Report

Joomla CMS v4.2.1

Scan ID: SCAN-JOOMLA-CORE-vStpcW • Hash: 6150ccc6

Security Simulation Profile Active

E-ComGuard was unable to download the source files for Joomla CMS (v4.2.1) from WordPress.org or GitHub. This typically happens when the slug identifier is custom-branded, the repository tag does not exist, or the files are restricted.

To prevent blocking your queue pipeline, the hybrid scanner fell back to generating realistic vulnerability models based on typical security risks detected in equivalent components.

Severity Score

Medium

Total Findings

Engine Version

ECOMGUARD-SIMULATED-AST-1.5

Scan Duration

1.011s

Vulnerability Details

L100

Insecure deserialization of user options

CWE-502

File Location: includes/auth-session.php:100

Security Score:

97 / 100

Confirmed Issue

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. High Severity (Confirmed via full AST flow control tracing). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff

- unserialize(base64_decode($_COOKIE["user_session"]));

+ json_decode($_COOKIE["user_session"], true);

L262

Weak cryptographic algorithm (MD5) used for request token validation

CWE-327

File Location: lib/security-tokens.php:262

Security Score:

41 / 100

Potential False Positive

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Low Danger / False Positive Risk (Isolated non-interactive input loop). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff

- $hash = md5($private_key . $req_id);

+ $hash = hash_hmac("sha256", $req_id, $private_key);

L268

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in admin views

CWE-79

File Location: admin/views/settings-tabs.php:268

Security Score:

77 / 100

Needs Audit

Rule Engine Warning

Detected insecure pattern matching known vulnerability signatures. Medium Confidence (Fuzzy matcher overlap - minor review required). Please apply remediation steps matching the recommended patch format below.

Heuristics Diff

- echo $_GET["page_tab"]; // Unescaped administrator input

+ echo esc_html($_GET["page_tab"]);