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CVE-2017-11364

high

Description

The CMS installer in Joomla! before 3.7.4 does not verify a user's ownership of a webspace, which allows remote authenticated users to gain control of the target application by leveraging Certificate Transparency logs.

References

https://twitter.com/hanno/status/890281330906247168

https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2025/DEF%20CON%2025%20presentations/DEFCON-25-Hanno-Boeck-Abusing-Certificate-Transparency-Logs.pdf

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039015

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/700-20170704-core-installer-lack-of-ownership-verification.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-02

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

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

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00147