CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-14596
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
Severity
- EPSS
- 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 94% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-90
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- joomla:joomla\!
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100898
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039407
- https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596/
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosure
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100898