XSS in Joomla Joomla\!
CVE-2012-4532
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/mod_languages/tmpl/default.php in the Language Switcher module for Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Joomla Joomla\! — versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/49678 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt (Exploit)
- www.osvdb.org/83490 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4 (mailing-list)
- developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-20120902-core-xss-vulnerability (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3 (mailing-list)
- www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html (Vendor Advisory)