Privilege Escalation through Unfiltered Data in Joomla! Users Component

CVE-2016-8869 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The register method in the UsersModelRegistration class in controllers/user.php in the Users component in Joomla! before 3.6.4 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect use of unfiltered data when registering on a site.

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