Vulnerability CVE-2017-16634
Published: 2017-11-09   Modified: 2017-11-10

Description:
In Joomla! before 3.8.2, a bug allowed third parties to bypass a user's 2-factor authentication method.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Joomla -> Joomla! 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101701
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039757
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/713-20171102-core-2-factor-authentication-bypass
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