CVE-2018-12711

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-12711
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-26 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-08-20 13:48:00 UTC
DescriptionAn XSS issue was discovered in the language switcher module in Joomla! 1.6.0 through 3.8.8 before 3.8.9. In some cases, the link of the current language might contain unescaped HTML special characters. This may lead to reflective XSS via injection of arbitrary parameters and/or values on the current page URL.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[20180602] - Core - XSS vulnerability in language switcher module CONFIRM developer.joomla.org Vendor Advisory
Joomla! Input Validation Flaw in Language Switcher Module Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Joomla! Core CVE-2018-12711 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiy BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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