CVE-2017-11364

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    CVE-2017-11364

    Published: 2 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The CMS installer in Joomla! before 3.7.4 does not verify a user's ownership of a webspace, which allows remote authenticated users to gain control of the target application by leveraging Certificate Transparency logs.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039015, https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/700-20170704-core-installer-lack-of-ownership-verification.html, https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2025/DEF%20CON%2025%20presentations/DEFCON-25-Hanno-Boeck-Abusing-Certificate-Transparency-Logs.pdf, https://twitter.com/hanno/status/890281330906247168

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 7d7ffbce4f40c75a99c9b5059e50f30fd1771561
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.7.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High