CVE-2018-17855

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. If an attacker gets access to the mail account of an user who can approve admin verifications in the registration process, he can activate himself.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.49%
Vendor Advisory joomla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914 vdb entry third party advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/754-20181004-core-acl-violation-in-com-users-for-the-admin-verification vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17855?
CVE-2018-17855 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17855?
To fix CVE-2018-17855, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-17855 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-17855 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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