CVE-2017-11364

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: Aug 2, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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