CVE-2017-14596
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · CWE-90
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosureAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100898Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039407Advisory
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596/Advisory