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Joomla!: [20231101] - Core - Exposure of environment variables (CVE-2023-40626)

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Joomla!: [20231101] - Core - Exposure of environment variables (CVE-2023-40626)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/29/2023
Created
12/07/2023
Added
12/06/2023
Modified
12/07/2023

Description

The language file parsing process could be manipulated to expose environment variables. Environment variables might contain sensible information.

Solution(s)

  • joomla-upgrade-3_10_14
  • joomla-upgrade-4_4_1
  • joomla-upgrade-5_0_1

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