{"id":"CVE-2012-1562","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1562","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:20:05.649Z","title":"Joomla! core before 2.5.3 allows unauthorized password change.","description":"Joomla! core before 2.5.3 allows unauthorized password change.","published":"2020-01-15T13:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:39:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-330"],"affected":["joomla/joomla\\!"],"epss":{"score":0.0089,"percentile":0.59111,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/11","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://developer.joomla.org/security/news/394-20120304-core-password-change.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/11","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://developer.joomla.org/security/news/394-20120304-core-password-change.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1562","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}