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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.
Medium5.3EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% 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 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 98016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/683-20170401-core-information-disclosure (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-7983)Record last updated .