High severity8.8OSV Advisory· Published Jun 26, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12712

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.

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Affected products

Joomla/Joomla!OSV2 versions
2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.4, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.4, …
- (no CPE)range: >=2.5.0, <=3.8.8

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3nvdVendor Advisory

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