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CVE-2012-1116

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1116 describes a SQL injection vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions 1.7.x and 2.5.x prior to 2.5.2. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to data compromise. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for Joomla! 2.5.1's 'redirect.php' has been published on ExploitDB, indicating public exploit code availability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-36913 · Mar 5, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

developer.joomla.org / security/news/391-20120301-core-sql-injection.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48005
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73699
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/5
osvdb.org / 79837
securityfocus.com / bid/52312