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CVE-2018-17855: joomla joomla\! Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
Published 09-10-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-17855 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in joomla joomla\!. EPSS estimates a 1.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.90%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-10-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.90% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Joomla1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links