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CVE-2015-8562
Joomla! 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6 allow remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via…
High7.5EPSS 98.2%
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- mitre
Description
Joomla! 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6 allow remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP User-Agent header, as exploited in the wild in December 2015.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.2% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 39033 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20151231 Joomla 1.5.x to 3.4.5 Object Injection Exploit (golang) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 38977 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135100/Joomla-3.4.5-Object-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134949/Joomla-HTTP-Header-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/630-20151214-core-remote-code-execution-vulnerability.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 79195 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/joomla_http_header_rce (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/12/remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-joomla.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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