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CVE-2018-15881 (GCVE-0-2018-15881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-29 03:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:10
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105161 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041913 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/745-… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2018-08-28 00:00
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