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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Joomla! Core Security Bypass (2.5.0 - 3.8.7)

Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently modify the access levels of user groups with higher permissions. Joomla! Core versions ranging from 2.5.0 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/729-20180501-core-acl-violation-in-access-levels.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2018-11323 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass

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