What is CVE-2017-7983?

CVE-2017-7983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-7983?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2017-7983

In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), mail sent using the JMail API leaked the used PHPMailer version in the mail headers.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\! — versions 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7983?: CVE-2017-7983 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-7983?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.