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FKIE_CVE-2011-2891

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-07-27 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:32

Severity

Summary

Joomla! 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an empty Itemid array parameter to index.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2488.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/04/joomla-161-and-lower-information.html	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/341-20110402-core-information-disclosure.html
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/8	Exploit
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68881
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/04/joomla-161-and-lower-information.html	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/341-20110402-core-information-disclosure.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/8	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68881

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6
joomla	joomla\!	1.6.0
joomla	joomla\!	1.6.1

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CVE-2011-2891 (GCVE-0-2011-2891)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-07-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:15

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
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http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/04/joomla-161-and-lower…	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/8	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/341-201…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2011-04-14 00:00

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