Information disclosure in Joomla! - CVE-2017-14595

 

Information disclosure in Joomla! - CVE-2017-14595

Published: September 20, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8538
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-2017-14595
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 a logical error in SQL query. A remote attacker can read article intro texts when these articles are in the archived state.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-14595

Update to version 3.8.0.

Sources