National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2889

Overview

templates/system/error.php in Joomla! before 1.5.23 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors that trigger an undefined value of a certain error field, leading to disclosure of the installation path. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-2488.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5367-joomla-1523-released.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5367-joomla-1523-released.html

External Source: XF

Name: joomla-error-path-disclosure(68883)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68883

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110701 Re: CVE request: Joomla unspecified information disclosure vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/1

External Source: MISC

Name: http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/340-20110401-core-information-disclosure.html

Hyperlink:http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/340-20110401-core-information-disclosure.html