VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-12712
An issue was discovered in Joomla!
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.29%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.29% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- joomla/joomla\!
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.