CVE-2012-4531

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Joomla!: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5 (+1)

References

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/539-20120901-core-xss-vulnerability
http://secunia.com/advisories/49678
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79725
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/539-20120901-core-xss-vulnerability
http://secunia.com/advisories/49678
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79725

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