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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-12215

A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Matomo v3.9.1 where a user can trigger a particular error to discover the full path of Matomo on the disk, because lastError.file is used in plugins/CorePluginsAdmin/templates/safemode.twig. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating "avoid reporting path disclosures, as we don't consider them as security vulnerabilities.

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CVE-2019-12215

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 May 2019, 16:29 UTC

A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Matomo v3.9.1 where a user can trigger a particular error to discover the full path of Matomo on the disk, because lastError.file is used in plugins/CorePluginsAdmin/templates/safemode.twig. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating "avoid reporting path disclosures, as we don't consider them as security vulnerabilities.

osv:CVE-2019-12215
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12215",
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    "summary": "A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Matomo v3.9.1 where a user can trigger a particular error to discover the full path of Matomo on the disk, because lastError.file is used in plugins/CorePluginsAdmin/templates/safemode.twig. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, stating \"avoid reporting path disclosures, as we don't consider them as security vulnerabilities.",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:36.187542615Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/issues/14464"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442332,
  "published_at": "2019-05-20T16:29:01.32+00:00"
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