CVE-2016-8869

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect use of unfiltered data when registering on a site.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8869
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-11-04T21:59:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-07T19:15:50
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.6.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_privesc Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40637/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcf Patch
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/660-20161002-core-elevated-privileges.html Vendor Advisory
https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/details-on-the-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joomla.html Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/@showthread/joomla-3-6-4-account-creation-elevated-privileges-write-up-and-exploit-965d8fb46fa2#.rq4qh1v4r Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037108 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93883 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8869
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8869
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:07:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:59:00 2016-11-04T21:59Z 2016-11-04T21:59:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:59:00 2016-11-07T19:15:50 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:59:00 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated