Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-8870

Public exploit exists!
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.
Published 2016-11-04 21:59:09
Updated 2017-07-29 01:34:20
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validation

Products affected by CVE-2016-8870

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8870

EPSS FAQ
91.42%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2016-8870

  • Joomla Account Creation and Privilege Escalation
    Disclosure Date: 2016-10-25
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_privesc
    This module creates an arbitrary account with administrative privileges in Joomla versions 3.4.4 through 3.6.3. If an email server is configured in Joomla, an email will be sent to activate the account (the account is disabled by default). Authors: - Fabio Pires <fp@i

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-8870

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
 NIST
8.1
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.2
5.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-8870

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-8870

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