CVE-2017-14596
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a...
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
- Record
CVE-2017-14596- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-90
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
- Record
CVE-2017-14596- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6097 No score
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6097- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c745-x889-v4rc
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a...
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
- Record
GHSA-c745-x889-v4rc- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-90
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In Joomla! before 3.8.0, inadequate escaping in the LDAP authentication plugin can result in a disclosure of a username and password.
- Record
CVE-2017-14596- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-14596 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Joomla Joomla\!, published September 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.88%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosure
blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596
securitytracker.com/id/1039407
securityfocus.com/bid/100898
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14596
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c745-x889-v4rc