CVE-2012-5455
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in Joomla! before 3.0.1...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2012-5455- 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 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."
- Record
CVE-2012-5455- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5374 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2012-5374- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8m99-2chw-3g2m No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the language search component in Joomla! before 3.0.1...
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."
- Record
GHSA-8m99-2chw-3g2m- 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-2012-5455 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Joomla Joomla\!, published October 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.97%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5468-joomla-3-0-1-released.html
securityfocus.com/bid/55858
osvdb.org/86134
developer.joomla.org/security/news/541-20121001-core-xss-vulnerability
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79171
secunia.com/advisories/50879
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5455
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8m99-2chw-3g2m