Privilege escalation in Joomla Joomla\!
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- developer.joomla.org/security-centre/754-20181004-core-acl-violation-in-com-use… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17855?
- CVE-2018-17855 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-10-09.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17855?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.