An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. If an attacker gets access to the mail account of an user who can approve admin verifications in the registration process, he can activate himself.
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/754-20181004-core-acl-violation-in-com-users-for-the-admin-verification
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041914
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105559
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-10-09
Updated: 2020-08-24
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High