CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2902

6.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-05-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2012-05-21
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• ryan demmer joomla content editor (<= 2.0.21) • ryan demmer joomla content editor 2.0

References

http://osvdb.org/81980 osvdb.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49206 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32 www.joomlacontenteditor.net
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51002 www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75671 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://osvdb.org/81980 osvdb.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/49206 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32 www.joomlacontenteditor.net
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51002 www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75671 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com