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CVE-2017-14596

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-90

Description

In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.

Affected products

• Joomla!: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+113)

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
• 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

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