CVE-2011-3747

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2011-3747 · Published 23/09/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-3747 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting joomla! (joomla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomla! joomla	`= 1.6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Joomla! 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to a .php file, which reveals the installation path in an error message, as demonstrated by libraries/phpmailer/language/phpmailer.lang-joomla.php.

References

code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/%21_README
code.google.com/p/inspathx/source/browse/trunk/paths_vuln/joomla-1.6.0 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

joomla!

joomla

= 1.6.0

No fix yet

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