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CVE-2018-17856 Joomla RCE Vulnerability

HighCVSS 7.2 EPSS 2.7%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. com_joomlaupdate allows the execution of arbitrary code. The default ACL config enabled the ability of Administrator-level users to access com_joomlaupdate and trigger code execution.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
joomla/framework(Packagist) >= 2.5.4, < 3.8.13 3.8.13
joomla/framework(Packagist) >= 2.5.4, <= 3.8.12 No fix listed
joomla >= 2.5.4, < 3.8.13 3.8.13

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