CVE-2018-12712 — Improper Input Validation in Joomla !

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Joomla !
Timeline
PublishedJun 26
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.8.8 before 3.8.9. The autoload code checks classnames to be valid, using the "class_exists" function in PHP. In PHP 5.3, this function validates invalid names as valid, which can result in a Local File Inclusion.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDjoomla/joomla_!2.5.0 — 3.8.8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5vwc-3f9c-mm3h: An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-12712: An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2↗2018-06-26
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