CVE-2016-8869
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 4, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 21, 2016
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.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/660-20161002-core-elevated-privileges.html
- 93883vdb-entry
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/details-on-the-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joomla.html
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_privesc
- 40637exploit
- 1037108vdb-entry
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcf
- https://medium.com/%40showthread/joomla-3-6-4-account-creation-elevated-privileges-write-up-and-exploit-965d8fb46fa2#.rq4qh1v4r
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