VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12711

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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