CVE-2011-3747

N/A Unknown

Published: September 23, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Joomla! 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by libraries/phpmailer/language/phpmailer.lang-joomla.php.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/joomla-1.6.0

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/joomla-1.6.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.3%

68th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

joomla

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