CVE-2012-2902

Published: May 21, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

6.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/extensions/browser/file.php in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla!, when chunking is set to greater than zero, allows remote authors to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a double extension as demonstrated by .jpg.pht.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

ryan demmer

joomla content editorOn-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://osvdb.org/81980

osvdb.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49206

secunia.com

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/

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