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CVE-2018-17856
HIGH · CVSS 7.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-10-09T21:29:00.670 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:46:24.443

Summary

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

joomla — joomla\!

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References

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