CVE-2012-1611

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-1611 · Published 06/09/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-1611 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting joomla! (joomla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomla! joomla	`= 2.5.0= 2.5.1= 2.5.2= 2.5.3`	No fix yet

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.

References

developer.joomla.org/security/news/398-20120307-core-information-disclosure.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/48683 · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

joomla!

joomla

= 2.5.0= 2.5.1= 2.5.2= 2.5.3

No fix yet

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