# CVE-2007-6644: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated administrators can improperly promote arbitrary users to the administrator group, violating the intended security model.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pp5w-3pqg-6j9h

## What is CVE-2007-6644?

CVE-2007-6644 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla, published on 4 Jan 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Joomla! before 1.5 RC4 allows remote authenticated administrators to promote arbitrary users to the administrator group, in violation of the intended security model.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6644?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Joomla Joomla.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6644?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6644 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6644 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6644 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Joomla Joomla

- [CVE-2008-3225](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3225/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1047](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1047/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0303/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2005-3773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3773/): Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-1028](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1028/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6644 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6644 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla, published on 4 Jan 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6644 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Joomla Joomla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6644/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6644/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6644
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6644
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6644

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6644/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.