CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-11325
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-209
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• joomla joomla\! (< 3.8.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104278 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/732-20180504-core-installer-leaks-plain-text-password-to-local-user.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104278 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/732-20180504-core-installer-leaks-plain-text-password-to-local-user.html Vendor Advisory