CVE-2012-2902

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75671

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51002

http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/

http://secunia.com/advisories/49206

http://osvdb.org/81980

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-05-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.006