Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently guess password reset tokens. Joomla! Core versions 1.5.x ranging from 1.5.0 and up to and including 1.5.6 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 1.5.7 or latest

References

https://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/advisory-042008-joomla-weak-random-password-reset-token-vulnerability.html

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/272-20080902-core-random-number-generation-flaw.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2008-4102 CWE-330 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass