CVE-2016-9837 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions prior to 3.6.5, specifically within the Beez3 template's article view. This flaw allows unauthorized users to bypass intended access controls and view articles that should not be publicly accessible. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to significant information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.