CVE-2016-8870

High

Description

The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4, when registration has been disabled, allows remote attackers to create user accounts by leveraging failure to check the Allow User Registration configuration setting.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductJoomla\!
PublishedNov 4, 2016
First seenNov 4, 2016

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
joomla joomla\!v ≤ 3.6.3—

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