HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.5 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to "Inadequate checking."
Published Jul 3, 2012
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.28%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.5 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to "Inadequate checking."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.28% 0.02279
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02279
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 | 2.28% (0.02279) | 82.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.28% (0.02279) | 80.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 17.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.06% (0.03060) | 90.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01336) | 85.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.34% (0.01336) | 83.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/470-20120601-core-privilege-escalation x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/83070 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49605 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5427-joomla-255-released.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/19/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54073 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76415 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/470-20120601-core-privilege-escalation | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/83070 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49605 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5427-joomla-255-released.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/19/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54073 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76415 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 3, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2747
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a