TI-2012-04112 Aliases CVE-2012-4868 GHSA-4hq4-8jjj-9p26

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in the Kunena component 1.7.2 for Joomla! allows…

LOW 35CWE-89Published 2012-09-06 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in news.php in the Kunena component 1.7.2 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01199 68th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kunena:kunena:1.7.2:::::::*	1.7.2	Vulnerable	Kunena
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::	all versions	Running on	Joomla!

cpe:2.3:a:kunena:kunena:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.2 Vulnerable ·Kunena
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Joomla!

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4868
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4hq4-8jjj-9p26

References

Exploit 1

http://exploitsdownload.com/exploit/na/kunena-20-sql-injection

TI-2016-09057 Kunena before 5.0.4 does not restrict avatar file extensions to gif, jpeg, jpg, and png. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-07395 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Kunena component before 3.0.6 for Joomla!… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2017-03673 In the Kunena extension 5.0.2 through 5.0.4 for Joomla!, the forum message subject (aka… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2019-11291 The Kunena extension before 5.1.14 for Joomla! allows XSS via BBCode. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2014-07396 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Kunena component before 3.0.6… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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