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Joomla "token" Password Change Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA31457
Release Date: 2008-08-13
Last Update: 2008-08-22
Popularity: 13,218 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Joomla! 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
d3m0n has reported a vulnerability in Joomla!, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and manipulate data.

The vulnerability is caused due to improper access restriction in components/com_user/models/reset.php. This can be exploited to bypass the authentication mechanism and change the password of the user with the lowest ID (typically the administrator), without having valid user credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in all 1.5.x versions prior to 1.5.6.

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