PT-2017-9941 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2017-01-23 · Updated 2017-01-26 · CVE-2016-9081

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 3.4.4 through 3.6.3

Description The issue allows attackers to reset the username, password, and user group assignments, and possibly perform other user account modifications.

Recommendations For versions 3.4.4 through 3.6.3, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9081

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9081 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/661-20161003-core-account-modifications.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9081 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93969 · Note