CVE-2012-2901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.

Published: 2012-05-21

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:2.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2012-2881	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.

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 0.00357.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/49206
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-14/
http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53559
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75670

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

Ryan Demmer Joomla Content Editor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-05-21T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:50:05.214Z

Reserved: 2012-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2901

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-21T18:55:02.413

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

Link: CVE-2012-2901

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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