FKIE_CVE-2012-4531

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-31 16:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://developer.joomla.org/security/news/539-20120901-core-xss-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49678Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79725
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/539-20120901-core-xss-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49678Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79725
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
joomla joomla\! 2.5.0
joomla joomla\! 2.5.1
joomla joomla\! 2.5.2
joomla joomla\! 2.5.3
joomla joomla\! 2.5.4
joomla joomla\! 2.5.5
joomla joomla\! 2.5.6
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