CVE-2016-9081

critical

Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Joomla! 3.4.4 through 3.6.3 allows attackers to reset username, password, and user group assignments and possibly perform other user account modifications via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/661-20161003-core-account-modifications.html

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
joomla	joomla\!	`3.4.4`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.4.5`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.4.6`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.4.7`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.4.8`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.5.0`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.5.1`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.6.0`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.6.1`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.6.2`
joomla	joomla\!	`3.6.3`

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93969
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/661-20161003-core-account-modifications.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93969
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/661-20161003-core-account-modifications.html

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.