CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-12711

An XSS issue was discovered in the language switcher module in Joomla! 1.6.0 through 3.8.8 before 3.8.9. In some cases, the link of the current language might contain unescaped HTML special characters. This may lead to reflective XSS via injection of arbitrary parameters and/or values on the current page URL.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/740-20180602-core-xss-vulnerability-in-language-switcher-module Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104565 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041244 VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-06-26 07:29

Updated : 2018-08-20 01:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-12711

Mitre link : CVE-2018-12711

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79