CVE-2018-12712 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245 https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8