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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-7988

Published: Apr 25, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7988
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Joomla!Joomla1.5.16 (including)1.5.16 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.17 (including)1.5.17 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.18 (including)1.5.18 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.19 (including)1.5.19 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.20 (including)1.5.20 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.21 (including)1.5.21 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.22 (including)1.5.22 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.23 (including)1.5.23 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.24 (including)1.5.24 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.25 (including)1.5.25 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.5.26 (including)1.5.26 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.0 (including)1.6.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.1 (including)1.6.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.2 (including)1.6.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.3 (including)1.6.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.4 (including)1.6.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.5 (including)1.6.5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.6.6 (including)1.6.6 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.7.0 (including)1.7.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.7.1 (including)1.7.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.7.2 (including)1.7.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.7.3 (including)1.7.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.7.4 (including)1.7.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla1.7.5 (including)1.7.5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.6 (including)2.5.6 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.7 (including)2.5.7 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.8 (including)2.5.8 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.9 (including)2.5.9 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.10 (including)2.5.10 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.11 (including)2.5.11 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.12 (including)2.5.12 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.13 (including)2.5.13 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.14 (including)2.5.14 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.15 (including)2.5.15 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.16 (including)2.5.16 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.17 (including)2.5.17 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.18 (including)2.5.18 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.19 (including)2.5.19 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.20 (including)2.5.20 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.21 (including)2.5.21 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.22 (including)2.5.22 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.23 (including)2.5.23 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.24 (including)2.5.24 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.25 (including)2.5.25 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.26 (including)2.5.26 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.27 (including)2.5.27 (including)
Joomla!Joomla2.5.28 (including)2.5.28 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.0.0 (including)3.0.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.0 (including)3.1.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.3 (including)3.1.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.4 (including)3.1.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.5 (including)3.1.5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.1.6 (including)3.1.6 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.2.0 (including)3.2.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.2.1 (including)3.2.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.2.2 (including)3.2.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.2.3 (including)3.2.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.2.4 (including)3.2.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.3.0 (including)3.3.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.3.1 (including)3.3.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.3.2 (including)3.3.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.3.3 (including)3.3.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.3.4 (including)3.3.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.3.5 (including)3.3.5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.0 (including)3.4.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.0-alpha (including)3.4.0-alpha (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.0-beta1 (including)3.4.0-beta1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.0-beta2 (including)3.4.0-beta2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.0-beta3 (including)3.4.0-beta3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.0-rc1 (including)3.4.0-rc1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.1 (including)3.4.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.1-rc1 (including)3.4.1-rc1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.1-rc2 (including)3.4.1-rc2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.2 (including)3.4.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.2-rc1 (including)3.4.2-rc1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.3 (including)3.4.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.4 (including)3.4.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.5 (including)3.4.5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.6 (including)3.4.6 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.7 (including)3.4.7 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.8 (including)3.4.8 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.4.8-rc (including)3.4.8-rc (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0 (including)3.5.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-beta (including)3.5.0-beta (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-beta2 (including)3.5.0-beta2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-beta3 (including)3.5.0-beta3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-beta4 (including)3.5.0-beta4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-beta5 (including)3.5.0-beta5 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-rc (including)3.5.0-rc (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-rc2 (including)3.5.0-rc2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-rc3 (including)3.5.0-rc3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.0-rc4 (including)3.5.0-rc4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.1 (including)3.5.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.5.1-rc (including)3.5.1-rc (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.0 (including)3.6.0 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.0-alpha (including)3.6.0-alpha (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.0-beta1 (including)3.6.0-beta1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.0-beta2 (including)3.6.0-beta2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.0-rc (including)3.6.0-rc (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.0-rc2 (including)3.6.0-rc2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.1 (including)3.6.1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.1-rc1 (including)3.6.1-rc1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.1-rc2 (including)3.6.1-rc2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.2 (including)3.6.2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.3 (including)3.6.3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.3-rc1 (including)3.6.3-rc1 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.3-rc2 (including)3.6.3-rc2 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.3-rc3 (including)3.6.3-rc3 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.4 (including)3.6.4 (including)
Joomla!Joomla3.6.5 (including)3.6.5 (including)

References

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