CVE-2011-4911

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Joomla! before 1.5.12 does not perform a JEXEC check in unspecified files, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Joomla!: through 1.5.11; 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+5)

References

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/300-20090606-core-missing-jexec-check.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35668
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/8
http://www.osvdb.org/55591
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35544
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/300-20090606-core-missing-jexec-check.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35668
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/8
http://www.osvdb.org/55591
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35544

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