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CVE-2016-9081

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Joomla! 3.4.4 through 3.6.3 allows attackers to reset username, password, and user group assignments and possibly perform other user account modifications via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Joomla!: 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.4.8-rc (+27)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93969
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/661-20161003-core-account-modifications.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93969
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/661-20161003-core-account-modifications.html

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