CVE-2012-2747

high
Published 2012-07-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.5 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to "Inadequate checking."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5427-joomla-255-released.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/470-20120601-core-privilege-escalation

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
joomla joomlajoomla\!2.5.0
joomla joomlajoomla\!2.5.1
joomla joomlajoomla\!2.5.2
joomla joomlajoomla\!2.5.3
joomla joomlajoomla\!2.5.4

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.