PT-2018-10482 · Joomla · Joomla! Core

Matias Aguirre · Published 2018-05-22 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-11323

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! Core versions prior to 3.8.8

Description An issue was discovered that allowed users to modify the access levels of user groups with higher permissions due to inadequate checks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.8, update to version 3.8.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-11323

Affected Products

Joomla! Core

References · 6

• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/729-20180501-core-acl-violation-in-access-levels.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11323 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104276 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040966 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11323 · Note