CVE-2012-2902 describes an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component, specifically in editor/extensions/browser/file.php, affecting versions before 2.1 when chunking is enabled. This flaw allows authenticated remote authors to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading files with double extensions, such as .jpg.pht. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0, indicating a medium severity due to its network-based attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.