CVE-2018-17855 (GCVE-0-2018-17855)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-09 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:54
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.13. If an attacker gets access to the mail account of an user who can approve admin verifications in the registration process, he can activate himself.
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