CVE-2008-3681
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 9.5%EU EUVD
components/com_user/models/reset.php in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.5 does not properly validate reset tokens, which allows remote attackers to reset the "first enabled user (lowest id)" password, typically for the administrator.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 9.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3667)
- Published
- August 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3667 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joomla / com user
- joomla / com user
- joomla / com user
- joomla / com user
- joomla / com user
- joomla / com user
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/241-20080801-core-password-remind-functionality.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31457(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4157
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30667
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020687
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44430
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6234
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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