Description

Joomla! 1.6.x/1.7.x/2.5.0-2.5.2 suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows users to be registered into any group not having 'core.admin' privileges.

Remediation

Joomla! versions 1.0.x, 1.5.x, and 2.5.3+ are not vulnerable. No patch has been issued for 1.6.x or 1.7.x and users of these versions are strongly urged to upgrade to 2.5.3 immediately.

References

Joomla! 1.6/1.7/2.5 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Database User Has Admin Privileges

Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Privilege Escalation SQL Injection CWE-264 CVE-2012-1563