Information disclosure in Joomla! - CVE-2017-8057

 

Information disclosure in Joomla! - CVE-2017-8057

Published: April 25, 2017 / Updated: April 26, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6385
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-2017-8057
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Joomla!
Affected software:
Joomla!

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling with enabled error reporting. A remote attacker can reveal full path to installation directory of the web application.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-8057

Update to version 3.7.0.

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