Medium severity · published Jun 26, 2018
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
6.1
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
1.6.0 through 3.8.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12711
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12711
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104565
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041244
Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/740-20180602-core-xss-vulnerability-in-language-switcher-module
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