PT-2021-16930 · Joomla · Joomla!

Atik Islam + 5 · Published 2021-07-07 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-2021-26037

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 2.5.0 through 3.9.27

Description An issue was discovered in the CMS functions where existing user sessions were not properly terminated when a user's password was changed or the user was blocked.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 2.5.0 through 3.9.27, update to a version that properly handles user session termination upon password change or user blockage. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Insufficient Session Expiration

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-613

Related Identifiers

BIT-JOOMLA-2021-26037

CVE-2021-26037

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/858-20210703-core-lack-of-enforced-session-termination.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-joomla-2021-26037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/17199 · Telegram Post