CVE-2018-12712

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.8.8 before 3.8.9. The autoload code checks classnames to be valid, using the "class_exists" function in PHP. In PHP 5.3, this function validates invalid names as valid, which can result in a Local File Inclusion.

References

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-26

Updated: 2018-08-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High