Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a race condition, where a session which was expected to be destroyed would be recreated. Attackers can exploit this issue to perform unauthorized actions. Joomla! Core versions 3.x.x ranging from 3.0.0 and up to and including 3.8.7 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 3.8.8 or latest

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/735-20180507-core-session-deletion-race-condition.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2018-11324 CWE-362 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update