CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-17855

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.

6.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/754-20181004-core-acl-violation-in-com-users-for-the-admin-verification Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-09 09:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-17855

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17855

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269