CVE-2016-8869
82Vexday Risk Score
Patch now. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a working public exploit.
ssvc Actepss 97%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDNov 4
1st PoCOct 27
metasploitOct 25
VulnCheckOct 28
exploitation probability
97%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
5 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 5
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References
https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/details-on-the-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joomla.htmlhttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/660-20161002-core-elevated-privileges.htmlhttps://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcfhttps://medium.com/%40showthread/joomla-3-6-4-account-creation-elevated-privileges-write-up-and-exploit-965d8fb46fa2#.rq4qh1v4rhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40637/http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_priveschttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93883http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037108