CVE-2012-1563 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2012-1563
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2012-1563 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2012-1563 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕡 22 Jan 2020, 18:58 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 15 Jan 2020, 13:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 7 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2012-1563 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1563: Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2012-1563

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2012-1563 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2012-1563

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2012-1563 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2012-1563, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2012-1563, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2012-1563 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2012-1563 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2012-1563 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 3.065% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 91.1% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 8.900000000000006% of others.

CVE-2012-1563 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Privilege Abuse CAPEC-122 An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.
  • Privilege Escalation CAPEC-233 An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.
  • Restful Privilege Elevation CAPEC-58 An adversary identifies a Rest HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permission method allowing them to perform various malicious actions upon server data due to lack of access control mechanisms implemented within the application service accepting HTTP messages.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.15:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.15:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta13:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta13:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta15:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta15:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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