VDB-5025 · CVE-2012-1611 · SA48683

Joomla CMS up to 2.5.3 Administrative Back End access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Joomla CMS up to 2.5.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component Administrative Back End. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1611. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Joomla CMS up to 2.5.3 (Content Management System). This affects some unknown processing of the component Administrative Back End. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 03/27/2012 by Cyrille Barthelemy with Nessus Team (Website). The advisory is shared at developer.joomla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Joomla. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1611 since 03/12/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 80 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 2.5.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (80879†), Secunia (SA48683†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43500†). Similar entry is available at VDB-5026. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 2.5.4

Timelineinfo

01/07/2012 🔍
03/12/2012 +65 days 🔍
03/27/2012 +15 days 🔍
03/27/2012 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2012 +8 days 🔍
04/05/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +154 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2014 +550 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1868 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Researcher: Cyrille Barthelemy
Organization: Nessus Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1611 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1611
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5025
Secunia: 48683 - Joomla! Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability and Information Disclosure Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 80879
Vulnerability Center: 43500 - Joomla! 2.5.0 through 2.5.3 Remote Sensitive Information Leakage via Unknown Attack Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/05/2012 09:46
Updated: 04/21/2019 09:17
Changes: 04/05/2012 09:46 (70), 04/21/2019 09:17 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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