CVE-2015-8562

High PUBLISHED

Joomla! 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6 allow remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP...

Joomla! · Joomla!

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Confidence

High

Exploitation Status

PoC available

Observed in Sensors

Attempts (30d)

—

Unique Attacker IPs

—

CISA KEV

Not yet in CISA KEV

CVSS / EPSS

7.5 High

At a Glance

Joomla! 1.5.x, 2.x, and 3.x before 3.4.6 allow remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via the HTTP User-Agent header, as exploited in the wild in December 2015.

php metasploit joomla nuclei_scanner

CVE Published: Dec 16, 2015
Exploitation Reported: Dec 16, 2015
CVSS: 7.5 High
EPSS: —

Remote Low complexity Unauthenticated

Affected Versions

Vendor	Product	Version	Status
n/a	n/a	n/a	Affected

CVE References

39033 exploit-db.com · Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39033/
38977 exploit-db.com · Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38977/
79195 securityfocus.com · VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79195
20151231 Joomla 1.5.x to 3.4.5 Object Injection Exploit (golang) securityfocus.com · Mailing List http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537219/100/0/threaded
packetstormsecurity.com/files/135100/Joomla-3.4.5-Object-Injection.html packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135100/Joomla-3.4.5-Object-Injec...

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packetstormsecurity.com/files/134949/Joomla-HTTP-Header-Unauthentica... packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134949/Joomla-HTTP-Header-Unauth...
developer.joomla.org/security-centre/630-20151214-core-remote-cod... developer.joomla.org · CVE Record https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/630-20151214-core-remote...
rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/joomla_http_he... rapid7.com · CVE Record http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/joomla_http_heade...
blog.sucuri.net/2015/12/remote-command-execution-vulnerabili... blog.sucuri.net · CVE Record https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/12/remote-command-execution-vulnerabilit...

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Source	Added
CVE First	2015-12-16 21:00 UTC

Scanner Artifacts

Nuclei and Metasploit references linked to this CVE.

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nuclei	https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-8562.yaml	Apr 25, 2025
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/joomla_http_header_rce.rb	Apr 28, 2025

CVSS Scores

CVSS v2.0 7.5 High

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation Status

Proof of concept available

Recorded 2017-09-17 15:03:53 UTC · GitHub

Scanner Integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/joomla_http_header_rce.rb	Apr 28, 2025
Nuclei	https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2015/CVE-2015-8562.yaml	Apr 25, 2025

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

guanjivip/CVE-2015-8562

github · Created 2020-07-25 07:05:28 UTC · 0 stars

没有编写完成，以后学习更多知识在回来完善

VoidSec/Joomla_CVE-2015-8562

github · Created 2017-09-17 15:03:53 UTC · 9 stars

A proof of concept for Joomla's CVE-2015-8562 vulnerability (Object Injection RCE)

paralelo14/CVE-2015-8562

github · Created 2017-01-08 12:59:16 UTC · 4 stars

Joomla 1.5 - 3.4.5 Object Injection RCE X-Forwarded-For header

thejackerz/scanner-exploit-joomla-CVE-2015-8562

github · Created 2016-06-07 14:56:26 UTC · 0 stars

RobinHoutevelts/Joomla-CVE-2015-8562-PHP-POC

github · Created 2016-01-04 22:27:06 UTC · 1 stars

A proof of concept for Joomla's CVE-2015-8562 vulnerability

ZaleHack/joomla_rce_CVE-2015-8562

github · Created 2016-01-04 13:37:25 UTC · 8 stars

All versions of the Joomla! below 3.4.6 are known to be vulnerable. But exploitation is possible with PHP versions below 5.5.29, 5.6.13 and below 5.5.

Joomla HTTP Header Unauthenticated - Remote Code Execution

nuclei · Created Unknown

joomla_http_header_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2015-8562

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CVE-2015-8562

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Affected Versions

CVE References

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