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CVE-2024-27187 (GCVE-0-2024-27187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-20 16:03 – Updated: 2024-08-22 04:32
VLAI
Title
[20240804] - Core - Improper ACL for backend profile view
Summary
Improper Access Controls allows backend users to overwrite their username when disallowed.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-20 19:24 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 4.0.0-4.4.6
Affected: 5.0.0-5.1.2
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joomla joomla\! Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 4.4.6 (custom)
Affected: 5.0.0 , ≤ 5.1.2 (custom)
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Credits
Elysee Franchuk
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