CVE-2018-17856
HIGH7.2EPSS 3.5%Joomla RCE Vulnerability
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-9m72-pw47-292w
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_joomlaupdate allows the execution of arbitrary code. The default ACL config enabled the ability of Administrator-level users to access com_joomlaupdate and trigger code execution.
Affected packages (1)
- Packagist/joomla/framework>= 2.5.4, < 3.8.13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17856
- PATCHhttps://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
- WEBhttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/752-20181002-core-inadequate-default-access-level-for-com-joomlaupdate.html
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210124211736/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211208125303/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914