An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. A long running background process, such as remote checks for core or extension updates, could create a race condition where a session that was expected to be destroyed would be recreated.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104274
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/735-20180507-core-session-deletion-race-condition.html
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2018-05-22
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.00077