PT-2017-13569 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Dr. Johannes Dahse · Published 2017-09-20 · Updated 2025-09-17 · CVE-2017-14596

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions prior to 3.8.0

Description The issue is related to inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin, which can result in the disclosure of a username and password.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.0, update to version 3.8.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-90

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14596

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 7

• 🔥 https://blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14596 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosure · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14596 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100898 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14596 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039407 · Note