CVE-2016-8869

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8869
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8869.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8869
Published
2016-11-04T21:59:07.553Z
Modified
2026-04-10T03:53:58.233226Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 privileges by leveraging incorrect use of unfiltered data when registering on a site.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/joomla/joomla-cms

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
2e0aaf4d8144ec083aead8703b6e1ab2b978ad75
Fixed
bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcf
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.6.3"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.3
2.*
2.5.0
2.5.0_beta1
2.5.0_beta2
2.5.1
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
3.*
3.0.0
3.0.0_alpha-1
3.0.0_alpha-2
3.0.0_beta1
3.0.1
3.0.3
3.1.0_beta1
3.1.0_beta2
3.1.0_beta3
3.1.0_beta4
3.1.0_beta5
3.1.1
3.1.5
3.2.0
3.2.0.alpha
3.2.0.beta
3.2.0.rc
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.3.0
3.4.0
3.4.0-beta1
3.4.0-beta2
3.4.0-beta3
3.4.0-rc
3.4.1
3.4.1-rc
3.4.1-rc2
3.4.2
3.4.2-rc
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.4.4-rc
3.4.4-rc2
3.4.5
3.5.0
3.5.0-beta
3.5.0-beta2
3.5.0-beta3
3.5.0-beta4
3.5.0-beta5
3.5.0-rc
3.5.0-rc2
3.5.0-rc4
3.5.1
3.5.1-rc
3.5.1-rc2
3.6.0
3.6.0-alpha
3.6.0-beta1
3.6.0-beta2
3.6.0-rc
3.6.0-rc2
3.6.1
3.6.1-rc1
3.6.1-rc2
3.6.2
3.6.3
3.6.3-rc1
3.6.3-rc2
3.6.3-rc3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8869.json"