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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.8.7 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2018. The weakness was shared 05/22/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-11323 since 05/21/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110227 (Joomla! < 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 154015 (Joomla! Prior to 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 3.8.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (110227) and SecurityFocus (BID 104276†).

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1
• 3.8.2
• 3.8.3
• 3.8.4
• 3.8.5
• 3.8.6
• 3.8.7

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 110227
Nessus Name: Joomla! < 3.8.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 65242
OpenVAS Name: Joomla! Core Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 May18 (20180502/20180501)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: CMS 3.8.8

Timelineinfo

05/01/2018 🔍
05/21/2018 +20 days 🔍
05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/22/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/31/2018 +8 days 🔍
03/14/2023 +1748 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-11323 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 104276 - Joomla! CVE-2018-11323 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040966

Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2018 08:47
Updated: 03/14/2023 15:35
Changes: 05/23/2018 08:47 (75), 05/31/2020 17:10 (4), 03/14/2023 15:35 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:A14:103

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