CVE-2012-1611 (GCVE-0-2012-1611)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:01
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/398-201… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/48683 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2012-03-07 00:00
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