CVE-2018-17855

High

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. If an attacker gets access to the mail account of an user who can approve admin verifications in the registration process, he can activate himself.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductJoomla\!
PublishedOct 9, 2018
First seenOct 9, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • joomla joomla\!3.8.13 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
joomla joomla\!1.5.0 ≤ v < 3.8.133.8.13

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