CVE-2008-3681: Joomla! Com User

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 9.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

components/com_user/models/reset.php in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.5 does not properly validate reset tokens, which allows remote attackers to reset the "first enabled user (lowest id)" password, typically for the administrator.

Affected products

• Joomla! Com User: version 1.5 only; version 1.5.1 only; version 1.5.2 only; version 1.5.3 only; version 1.5.4 only; version 1.5.5 only

Published 2008-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.