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CVE-2017-16634

CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Improper authentication
9.8CVSS CRITICAL

Summary

In Joomla! before 3.8.2, a bug allowed third parties to bypass a user's 2-factor authentication method.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/713-20171102-core-2-factor-authentication-bypass ↗