CVE-2008-3681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

components/com_user/models/reset.php in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.5 does not properly validate reset tokens, which allows remote attackers to reset the "first enabled user (lowest id)" password, typically for the administrator.

Published: 2008-08-14

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 55.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_user:1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_user:1.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_user:1.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_user:1.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_user:1.5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:com_user:1.5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.55342.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/241-20080801-core-password-remind-functionality.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31457
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30667
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44430
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6234

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Com User

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-08-14T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:19.097Z

Reserved: 2008-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3681

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-14T19:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3681

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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