CVE-2015-8562

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 16, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-8562: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix