01 Record
CVE-2012-4531
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-31 16:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1af9a0fa50047958c66279f4a0b88e6ee2e99ee5b1e96bea787bcbf0d0826902
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com49678http://secunia.com/advisories/49678
- developer.joomla.orghttp://developer.joomla.org/security/news/539-20120901-core-xss-vulnerability
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121019 Re: CVE request: Joomla two XSS vulnerabilities fixed in 2.5.7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjoomla-unspecified-xss-cve20124531(79725)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79725
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121007 CVE request: Joomla two XSS vulnerabilities fixed in 2.5.7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
- www.joomla.orghttp://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html