CVE-2012-4532
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-20120902-core-xss-vulnerability
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49678
- http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
- 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
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/540-20120902-core-xss-vulnerability
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49678
- http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-014.txt
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5463-joomla-2-5-7-released.html
- 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
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.