CVE-2018-15881
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can...
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
- Record
CVE-2018-15881- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
- Record
CVE-2018-15881- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7738 No score
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7738- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c4c3-p87h-m4p4
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can...
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
- Record
GHSA-c4c3-p87h-m4p4- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.8.12. Inadequate checks regarding disabled fields can lead to an ACL violation.
- Record
CVE-2018-15881- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-15881 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Joomla Joomla\!, published August 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.17%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.