CVE-2012-4532
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 1.4% (72th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4460)
- Published
- October 31, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4460 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-20120902-core-xss-vulnerability(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49678(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/83490
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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