CVE-2016-8870

Description

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.

References

https://medium.com/%40showthread/joomla-3-6-4-account-creation-elevated-privileges-write-up-and-exploit-965d8fb46fa2#.rq4qh1v4r

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcf

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/659-20161001-core-account-creation.html

https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/details-on-the-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joomla.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037107

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93876

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3