MEDIUM
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
Published Sep 6, 2012
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.17%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.17% 0.01172
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01172
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01172) | 66.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.17% (0.01172) | 63.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00032) | 5.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00193) | 58.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00193) | 57.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00193) | 55.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/398-20120307-core-information-disclosure.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48683 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/398-20120307-core-information-disclosure.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/48683 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 6, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 12, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1611
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a