Information disclosure in Joomla! - CVE-2017-7983
Published: April 25, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6376
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7983
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Joomla!
Affected software:
Joomla!
Joomla!
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output when sending email messages via JMail API. A remote attacker can retrieve version of used PHPMailer from the email headers.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7983
Update to version 3.7.0.