CVE-2012-4532

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-4532 · Published 31/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4532 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting joomla! (joomla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomla! joomla	`= 2.5.0= 2.5.1= 2.5.2= 2.5.3= 2.5.4= 2.5.5= 2.5.6`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-20120902-core-xss-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/49678 · Vendor Advisory
darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt · Exploit
joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/4
osvdb.org/83490

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Affected versions

Patched versions

joomla!

joomla

= 2.5.0= 2.5.1= 2.5.2= 2.5.3= 2.5.4= 2.5.5= 2.5.6

No fix yet

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