CVE-2013-2562

low
Published 2014-06-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Mambo CMS 4.6.5 stores the MySQL database password in cleartext in the document root, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mambo-foundationmambo_cms4.6.5

References

CWEs

CWE-255

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.