Joomla CMS up to 2.5.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 2.5.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-0835. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 2.5.0 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! 1.7.x before 1.7.5 and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors related to "administrator."

The weakness was presented 09/06/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0835 since 01/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12741 (Joomla! "administrator" Section Information Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.7.5 or 2.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (78824†), Secunia (SA47847†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41369†). See VDB-62110 and VDB-62109 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 2.5.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.joomla.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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 1.7.5/2.5.1

Timelineinfo

01/19/2012 🔍
09/06/2012 +231 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +0 days 🔍
09/09/2013 +368 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +560 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1490 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: joomla.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0835 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0835
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62108
Secunia: 47847
OSVDB: 78824
Vulnerability Center: 41369 - Joomla! 1.7.0 - 1.7.4, 2.5.0 Remote Information Leakage Vulnerability Related to \, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/21/2019 11:54
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (58), 04/21/2019 11:54 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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