CVE-2012-4532 (GCVE-0-2012-4532)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-31 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Cross-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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49678 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHAD… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.osvdb.org/83490 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-201… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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