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CVE-2011-2891
Joomla! 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an empty Itemid array parameter to index.php, which…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
Joomla! 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an empty Itemid array parameter to index.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2488.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- joomla-itemid-path-disclosure(68881) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/04/joomla-161-and-lower-information.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110627 Re: CVE request: Joomla unspecified information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110627 Re: CVE request: Joomla unspecified information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/341-20110402-core-information-disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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