Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions by escalating their privileges due to a programming error. Joomla! Core versions 1.6.x ranging from 1.6.0 and up to and including 1.6.6 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 2.5.3 or latest

References

http://jeffchannell.com/Joomla/joomla-161725-privilege-escalation-vulnerability.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41156/

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/395-20120303-core-privilege-escalation.html

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2012-1563 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass