CVE-2012-1612

N/A Unknown
Published: September 06, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/399-20120308-core-xss-vulnerability.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48683
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.osvdb.org/80880
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52859
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/399-20120308-core-xss-vulnerability.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48683
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/80880
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52859
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
66th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

joomla

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