CVE-2012-2901
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE)...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.
- Record
CVE-2012-2901- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.
- Record
CVE-2012-2901- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-2881 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.
- Record
EUVD-2012-2881- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j56q-2899-9w2x No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE)...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.
- Record
GHSA-j56q-2899-9w2x- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-2901 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ryan Demmer Joomla Content Editor, published May 21, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.