CVE-2015-8562

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8562
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-16 21:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionJoomla! 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6 allow remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP User-Agent header, as exploited in the wild in December 2015.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.10 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.11 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.12 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.13 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.14 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.15 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.16 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.17 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.18 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.19 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.20 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.21 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.22 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.23 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.24 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.25 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.26 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.7 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.8 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.9 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.6.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.7.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.7.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.7.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.7.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.7.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.7.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.10 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.11 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.12 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.13 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.14 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.15 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.16 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.17 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.18 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.19 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.20 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.21 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.22 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.23 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.24 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.25 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.26 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.27 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.28 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.7 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.8 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.9 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.0.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.1.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.2.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.3.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.4.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.4.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.4.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.4.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.4.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 3.4.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Joomla! Core CVE-2015-8562 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Joomla HTTP Header Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
Joomla 1.5 - 3.4.5 - Object Injection RCE X-Forwarded-For Header af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
[20151201] - Core - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.joomla.org Vendor Advisory
Joomla 3.4.5 Object Injection ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Joomla 1.5 - 3.4.5 - Object Injection Remote Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Critical 0-day Remote Command Execution Vulnerability in Joomla - Sucuri Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.sucuri.net Exploit
CVE-2015-8562 Joomla HTTP Header Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution | Rapid7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rapid7.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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