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CVE-2018-7251

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 71.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in config/error.php in Anchor 0.12.3. The error log is exposed at an errors.log URI, and contains MySQL credentials if a MySQL error (such as "Too many connections") has occurred.

Affected products

• anchorcms Anchor: 0.12.3

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154723/Anchor-CMS-0.12.3a-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://www.andmp.com/2018/02/advisory-assigned-CVE-2018-7251-in-anchorcms.html
• https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/issues/1247
• https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/releases/tag/0.12.7
• https://twitter.com/finnwea/status/965279233030393856
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154723/Anchor-CMS-0.12.3a-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://www.andmp.com/2018/02/advisory-assigned-CVE-2018-7251-in-anchorcms.html
• https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/issues/1247
• https://github.com/anchorcms/anchor-cms/releases/tag/0.12.7
• https://twitter.com/finnwea/status/965279233030393856

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