Medium severity · published Oct 9, 2018
CVE-2018-17857
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13
4.3
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. Inadequate checks on the tags search fields can lead to an access level violation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
3.1.0 before 3.8.13 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17857
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914
Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/753-20181003-core-access-level-violation-in-com-tags
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