CVE-2011-2891
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2865)
- Published
- July 27, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2865 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joomla / joomla!
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References
- http://bl0g.yehg.net/2011/04/joomla-161-and-lower-information.html(Exploit)
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/341-20110402-core-information-disclosure.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/6(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/8(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68881
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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