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CVE-2018-11325

An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. The web install application would autofill password fields after either a form validation error or navigating to a previous install step, and display the plaintext password for the administrator account at the confirmation screen.

Published

2018-05-22T15:29:00.417

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:43:08.463

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-209

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	joomla	joomla\!	< 3.8.8	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104278 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/732-20180504-core-installer-leaks-plain-text-password-to-local-user.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104278 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/732-20180504-core-installer-leaks-plain-text-password-to-local-user.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)