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CVE-2017-7988

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Joomla! 1.6.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of form contents allows overwriting the author of an article.

Affected products

• Joomla!: 1.5.16, 1.5.17, 1.5.18, 1.5.19, 1.5.20, 1.5.21 (+114)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98022
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/688-20170406-core-acl-violations
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98022
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/688-20170406-core-acl-violations

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