CVE-2012-1611 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 does not properly check permissions, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive "administrative back end" information via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2012-1599.

Published: 2012-09-06

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1622	Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 does not properly check permissions, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive "administrative back end" information via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2012-1599.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/398-20120307-core-information-disclosure.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48683
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-09-06T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.655Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1611

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-06T21:55:01.317

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1611

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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