CVE-2012-1612
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (70th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1623)
- Published
- September 6, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1623 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/399-20120308-core-xss-vulnerability.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48683(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5
- http://www.osvdb.org/80880
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52859
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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