CVE-2012-2902 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-2902

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in editor/extensions/browser/file.php in the Joomla Content...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

ryan demmer

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Affected Software

joomla content editor
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 21st, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.