CVE-2018-12712

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12712
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-26T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-20T15:47:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.5.0 3.8.8
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12712
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12712
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:39:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 08:44:54 2018-06-26T19:29Z 2018-06-26T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 08:44:54 2018-08-20T15:47:06 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 08:44:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated