FKIE_CVE-2018-11323

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-05-22 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:35
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. Inadequate checks allowed users to modify the access levels of user groups with higher permissions.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104276Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/729-20180501-core-acl-violation-in-access-levels.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104276Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/729-20180501-core-acl-violation-in-access-levels.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
joomla joomla\! *
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  "id": "CVE-2018-11323",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:35:43.263",
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