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ghsa-f3v8-7jfc-xgvg

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 02:22

Modified

2025-04-12 13:06

Severity ?

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4, when registration has been disabled, allows remote attackers to create user accounts by leveraging failure to check the Allow User Registration configuration setting.

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CVE-2016-8870 (GCVE-0-2016-8870)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2016-11-04 21:00

Modified

2024-08-06 02:35

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

References

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	https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/details-on-the-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joomla.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/659-20161001-core-account-creation.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_privesc	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40637/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037108	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037107	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcf	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://medium.com/%40showthread/joomla-3-6-4-account-creation-elevated-privileges-write-up-and-exploit-965d8fb46fa2#.rq4qh1v4r	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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