CVE-2016-9838

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9838
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9838.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9838
Published
2016-12-16T09:59:00.327Z
Modified
2026-04-10T03:54:23.299776Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in components/com_users/models/registration.php in Joomla! before 3.6.5. Incorrect filtering of registration form data stored to the session on a validation error enables a user to gain access to a registered user's account and reset the user's group mappings, username, and password, as demonstrated by submitting a form that targets the registration.register task.

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
2983d196840a7da2abf62c00ac2f3ee4864179b4
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.6.4"
        }
    ]
}

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
3.6.4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9838.json"