CVE-2018-17855

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-17855
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-09 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[20181004] - Core - ACL Violation in com_users for the admin verification CONFIRM developer.joomla.org Vendor Advisory
Joomla! Core Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Joomla! Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Access Controls and Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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