Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently bypass a user's 2-factor-authentication method. Joomla! Core versions 3.x.x ranging from 3.2.0 and up to and including 3.8.1 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 3.8.2 or latest

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/713-20171102-core-2-factor-authentication-bypass.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-16634 CWE-287 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass