Is CVE-2012-1599 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1599 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1599?

CVE-2012-1599 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-1599

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.26 does not properly check permissions, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive "administrative back end information" via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2012-1611.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.0% (62th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1613)
Published: December 3, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1613 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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