PT-2012-5463 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Henri Salo · Published 2012-10-31 · Updated 2020-02-17 · CVE-2012-4531

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 2.5.x prior to 2.5.7

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.7, update to version 2.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4531

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 9

• http://secunia.com/advisories/49678 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4531 · Security Note
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/539-20120901-core-xss-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4 · Note
• http://joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4531 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79725 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/9873 · Telegram Post