CVE-2017-14596

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

6.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-09-20 18:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 19:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-09-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-90Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an LDAP Query ('LDAP Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f9cc2147eb4d98feeb11e14e90e85708bde907747b64e9fb84ed9e5bb4c93124

• developer.joomla.orghttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/711-20170902-core-ldap-information-disclosurex_refsource_CONFIRM
• blog.ripstech.comhttps://blog.ripstech.com/2017/joomla-takeover-in-20-seconds-with-ldap-injection-cve-2017-14596/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1039407http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039407vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com100898http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100898vdb-entryx_refsource_BID