CVE-2015-8566
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.5
Description
Joomla! Framework Remote Code Injection Vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Joomla! 1.5 < 3.4.6 - Object Injection 'x-forwarded-for' Header Remote Code Execution
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | joomla/session | <1.3.1 | 1.3.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| joomla | session | 1.3.0 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79197
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/637-20151205-session-remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8566
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/joomla/session/CVE-2015-8566.yaml
- https://github.com/joomla-framework/session
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160603093633/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79197
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.