CVE-2012-4256

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4256
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-13 18:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe jNews (com_jnews) component 7.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the emailsearch parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joobi Com Jnews 7.5.1 All All All
Application Joobi Com Jnews 7.5.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
jNews 7.5.1 Information Disclosure ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.org Exploit
Haunt IT: [EN] jNews (jnewscore7.5.1) information disclosure MISC hauntit.blogspot.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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