CVE-2016-9081 is a critical vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions 3.4.4 through 3.6.3, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset user credentials and modify user group assignments through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.