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CVE-2018-17855 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. If an attacker gets access to the mail account of an user who can approve admin verifications in the registration process, he can activate himself.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/754-20181004-core-acl-violation-in-com-users-for-the-admin-verification CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/754-20181004-core-acl-violation-in-com-users-for-the-admin-verification [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559 [email protected]Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
joomla joomla!
>= 1.5.0, < 3.8.13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-17855
NVD Published Date:
Oct 9, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-17855 Details - Not Deferred