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critical 9.8

CVE-2018-7251 in the critical feed json

Anchor CMS Logs Credentials

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-hxcw-pqqc-rv85 , EUVD-2022-4239

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
71.8%
EPSS 71.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

An issue was discovered in config/error.php in Anchor 0.12.3. The error log is exposed at an errors.log URI, and contains MySQL credentials if a MySQL error (such as "Too many connections") has occurred.

Patch / fix

  • packagist anchorcms/anchor-cms 0.12.7

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47459)

Exploit prediction

71.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47459 AnchorCMS < 0.12.3a - Information Disclosure webapps, 2019-10-03
  • Nuclei template Anchor CMS 0.12.3 - Error Log Exposure nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist anchorcms/anchor-cms
<0.12.7
0.12.7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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