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CVE-2012-1563
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
High7.5EPSS 8.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Admin Account Creation
- CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Joomla! · Joomla!
- affected 2.5.2
- affected 2.5.1
- affected 2.5.0
- affected and all 1.7.x and 1.6.x releases
References (3)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41156/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://developer.joomla.org/security/news/395-20120303-core-privilege-escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .