CVE-2012-2902 — Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/extensions/browser/file.php in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla!, when chunking is set to greater than zero, allows remote authors to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a double extension as demonstrated by .jpg.pht

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Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/extensions/browser/file.php in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla!, when chunking is set to greater than zero, allows remote authors to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a double extension as demonstrated by .jpg.pht

Published May 21, 2012

6.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.01%

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/extensions/browser/file.php in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla!, when chunking is set to greater than zero, allows remote authors to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a double extension as demonstrated by .jpg.pht.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.01% 0.01007

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01007

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	1.01% (0.01007)	61.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.01% (0.01010)	58.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.60% (0.00600)	67.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.20% (0.00204)	59.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 15, 2023	0.20% (0.00204)	57.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00215)	57.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.03% (0.01034)	41.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	39.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	37.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	20.32th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://osvdb.org/81980
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/49206
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51002
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75671
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/81980		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/49206		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51002		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75671		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 21, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 21, 2012

Link CVE-2012-2902

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-2902

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-2902