CVE-2018-17856

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CVSS 3.0

7.2 high

EPSS

3%p85

Published

Oct 9, 2018 (Oct 9, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: joomla
Products: joomla\!
Ecosystems: Joomla
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.7%)

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