CVE-2012-4532

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4532
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-31 16:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 2.5.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE request: Joomla two XSS vulnerabilities fixed in 2.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Joomla two XSS vulnerabilities fixed in 2.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.darksecurity.de Exploit
www.osvdb.org/83490 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Joomla! Developer Network - [20120902] - Core - XSS Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.joomla.org Vendor Advisory
Joomla 2.5.7 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.joomla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA49678 - Joomla! Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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