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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-5455
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in...
Vulnerability 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."
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5468-joomla-3-0-1-released.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55858
- http://osvdb.org/86134
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/541-20121001-core-xss-vulnerability
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79171
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50879
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.0.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 22nd, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.