CVE-2012-5455 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in Joomla! before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related to a "typographical error."

Published: 2012-10-22

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2012-5374	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in Joomla! before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related to a "typographical error."

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 0.01968.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/541-20121001-core-xss-vulnerability
http://osvdb.org/86134
http://secunia.com/advisories/50879
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5468-joomla-3-0-1-released.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55858
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79171

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-10-22T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.306Z

Reserved: 2012-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5455

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-22T23:55:10.400

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:46:49.567

Link: CVE-2012-5455

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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