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CVE-2017-16633

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

In Joomla! before 3.8.2, a logic bug in com_fields exposed read-only information about a site's custom fields to unauthorized users.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Joomla — Joomla!

CWEs

References

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