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CVE-2012-5455
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in Joomla! before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in Joomla! before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related to a "typographical error."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% 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
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5468-joomla-3-0-1-released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55858 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 86134 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/541-20121001-core-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- languagesearch-unspecified-xss(79171) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 50879 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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 .