Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/mod_languages/tmpl/default.php in the Language Switcher module for Joomla! 2.5.x…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 49678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 83490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121019 Re: CVE request: Joomla two XSS vulnerabilities fixed in 2.5.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-20120902-core-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20121007 CVE request: Joomla two XSS vulnerabilities fixed in 2.5.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 18:12 UTC.