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CVE-2012-1563

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jan 15, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1563
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Joomla! Joomla * 2.5.3 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References

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