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Most unpatched Joomla sites compromised in latest wave of attacks

Help Net Securityby @zeljkazorz ()1 min read2 · 1 read
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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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If you run a Joomla-based website and you haven’t implemented the latest security release of the CMS, your site has been almost surely compromised. According to Sucuri CTO Daniel Cid, every Joomla site on the company’s network was hit with exploitation attempts within three days after the release of the update (v3. 6.

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