CVE-2012-1563
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
7.5 HighPublic exploit
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
8.90%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
- Record
CVE-2012-1563- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
- Record
CVE-2012-1563- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1581 No score
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
- Record
EUVD-2012-1581- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w8hc-6857-68v3 No score
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
Joomla! before 2.5.3 allows Admin Account Creation.
- Record
GHSA-w8hc-6857-68v3- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Joomla! < 2.5.2 - Admin Creation | 2017-01-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-1563 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Joomla!, published January 15, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.90%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.