CVE-2018-17856 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_joomlaupdate allows the execution of arbitrary code. The default ACL config enabled the ability of Administrator-level users to access com_joomlaupdate and trigger code execution.

Published: 2018-10-09

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: 3.5% Low

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-3411	An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_joomlaupdate allows the execution of arbitrary code. The default ACL config enabled the ability of Administrator-level users to access com_joomlaupdate and trigger code execution.
Github GHSA	GHSA-9m72-pw47-292w	Joomla RCE Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03509.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/752-20181002-core-inadequate-default-access-level-for-com-joomlaupdate.html

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-09T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:54:10.953Z

Reserved: 2018-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17856

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-09T21:29:00.670

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:55:03.880

Link: CVE-2018-17856

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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