CVE-2012-1611

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Joomla!: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3

References

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

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