CVE-2012-1612 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2012-09-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-1623	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00011.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/399-20120308-core-xss-vulnerability.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48683
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5
http://www.osvdb.org/80880
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52859

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-09-06T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:33:17.856Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1612

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-06T21:55:01.393

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1612

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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