{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "2.5.0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "3.8.8"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "d53146a31d303a10b8cc4fa78a6fb16770ae50e7"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "28aef911901979246d398f0580c436c87dfec59d"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {},
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2018-12712",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:36:09.144041222Z",
  "published": "2018-06-26T19:29:00.297Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104566"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041245"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/741-20180601-core-local-file-inclusion-with-php-5-3"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}