Joomla CMS up to 1.5.25 Administrative Back End access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Joomla CMS. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Administrative Back End. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-1599. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Administrative Back End. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.26 does not properly check permissions, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive "administrative back end information" via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2012-1611.

The weakness was presented 12/03/2012 by Cyrille Barthelemy (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1599 since 03/12/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12734 (Joomla! 1.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.5.26 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80564), SecurityFocus (BID 52750†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43481†). See VDB-4832 and VDB-63112 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11
• 1.5.12
• 1.5.13
• 1.5.14
• 1.5.15
• 1.5.16
• 1.5.17
• 1.5.18
• 1.5.19
• 1.5.20
• 1.5.21
• 1.5.22
• 1.5.23
• 1.5.24
• 1.5.25

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
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: CMS 1.5.26

Timelineinfo

03/06/2012 🔍
03/12/2012 +6 days 🔍
03/28/2012 +16 days 🔍
12/03/2012 +250 days 🔍
12/03/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/06/2014 +458 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +383 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1489 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Cyrille Barthelemy
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-1599 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1599
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63113
X-Force: 80564
SecurityFocus: 52750 - Joomla! Predictable Password Generation And Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 43481 - Joomla! 1.5.0 before 1.5.26 Remote Information Disclosure via Unknown Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 04/21/2019 11:57
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (60), 04/21/2019 11:57 (5)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:92C:103

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