CVE-2015-8562 is a critical PHP object injection vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code. It has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in December 2015, with multiple public exploits available, including Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.