Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-2902

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.

Affected products

Ryan Demmer/Joomla Content Editor2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.21
- cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/49206nvdVendor Advisory
secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-15/nvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/81980nvd
www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-releasednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/51002nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75671nvd

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