CVE-2012-1612
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2012-1612- 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 update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2012-1612- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1623 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2012-1623- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xwwj-pfv7-hjcg No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-xwwj-pfv7-hjcg- 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-2012-1612 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Joomla Joomla\!, published September 6, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5
securityfocus.com/bid/52859
osvdb.org/80880
developer.joomla.org/security/news/399-20120308-core-xss-vulnerability.html
secunia.com/advisories/48683
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1612
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwwj-pfv7-hjcg