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CVE-2016-8870

The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4, when registr

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Not listed in CISA KEV
1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 proof of concept on GitHub

Summary

The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4, when registration has been disabled, allows remote attackers to create user accounts by leveraging failure to check the Allow User Registration configuration setting.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-40637

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 12

securityfocus.com

blog.sucuri.net

developer.joomla.org

rapid7.com

Exploit-DB

securitytracker.com

GitHub · joomla/joomla-cms

medium.com

GitHub · rapid7/metasploit-framework

GitHub · cved-sources/cve-2016-8870

CVE-2016-8870: The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4, when registr | cve.now