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Massive hacking campaign on Joomla sites via recently patched flaws

Security Affairsby @securityaffairs ()2 min read3
Analyze CVE-2016-8870 with Vani AIImpact, affected versions, exploitation, mitigations and detection

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2016-8869
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The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4 allows remote attackers to gain…
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ipv481.196.107.174addresses used by the attackers. 82.76.195.141 82.77.15.204 81.196.107.174 Sucuri also detected another IP address from Latvia used to
ipv482.76.195.141a sites. Below the three IPaddresses used by the attackers. 82.76.195.141 82.77.15.204 81.196.107.174 Sucuri also detected another IP
ipv482.77.15.204the three IPaddresses used by the attackers. 82.76.195.141 82.77.15.204 81.196.107.174 Sucuri also detected another IP address from

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2 min read at securityaffairs.com

Experts from the firm Sucuri observed a spike in the number of attacks in less than 24 hours after Joomla released patches for two critical flaws. On October 25, Joomla released the version 3. 6.

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