CVE-2012-4256
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The jNews (com_jnews) component 7.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the emailsearch parameter, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/04/en-jnews-jnewscore751-information.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112233/jNews-7.5.1-Information-Disclosure.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75198
- http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/04/en-jnews-jnewscore751-information.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112233/jNews-7.5.1-Information-Disclosure.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75198
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.