PT-2011-4177 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2011-07-27 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-2891

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 1.6.x through 1.6.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an empty Itemid array parameter to "index.php", which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 1.6.x through 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2891

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 7

• 🔥 http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/04/joomla-161-and-lower-information.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/8 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2891 · Security Note
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/341-20110402-core-information-disclosure.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2891 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68881 · Note