CVE-2012-0837

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-0837 · Published 06/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0837 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting joomla! (joomla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomla! joomla	`= 1.7.0= 1.7.1= 1.7.2= 1.7.3= 1.7.4= 2.5.0`	No fix yet

Description

Joomla! 1.7.x before 1.7.5 and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows attackers to obtain the installation path via unspecified vectors related to "administrator."

References

developer.joomla.org/security/news/389-20120201-core-information-disclosure · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/47847 · Vendor Advisory
joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5410-joomla-251-released.html
joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5411-joomla-175-released.html · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/03/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/03/9
osvdb.org/78826

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

joomla!

joomla

= 1.7.0= 1.7.1= 1.7.2= 1.7.3= 1.7.4= 2.5.0

No fix yet

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