CVE-2016-8870
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8870
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8870.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8870
- Published
- 2016-11-04T21:59:08.677Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:52:12.876930Z
- Severity
-
- 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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, when registration has been disabled, allows remote attackers to create user accounts by leveraging failure to check the Allow User Registration configuration setting.
- References
-
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037107
- https://medium.com/%40showthread/joomla-3-6-4-account-creation-elevated-privileges-write-up-and-exploit-965d8fb46fa2#.rq4qh1v4r
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/joomla_registration_privesc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93876
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037108
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/659-20161001-core-account-creation.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40637/
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/commit/bae1d43938c878480cfd73671e4945211538fdcf
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/details-on-the-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-joomla.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
1.*
1.7.3
2.*
2.5.0
2.5.0_RC1
2.5.0_beta1
2.5.0_beta2
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
Other
3
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
3.3.0.beta
3.3.0.beta2
3.3.0.rc
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
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
3.4.6
3.4.7
3.4.8
3.4.8-rc
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-rc3
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