CVE-2012-4256

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
The jNews (com_jnews) component 7.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the emailsearch parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-4256
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-08-13T18:55:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-29T01:32:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:joobi:com_jnews:7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/04/en-jnews-jnewscore751-information.html Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112233/jNews-7.5.1-Information-Disclosure.html Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75198
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4256
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4256
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:48:45 Added to TrackCVE