CVE-2012-2901

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Published May 21, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:ryan_demmer:joomla_content_editor:2.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2881	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile List in the Joomla Content Editor (JCE) component before 2.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the search parameter to administrator/index.php.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.148% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/49206
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-14/
http://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/news/item/jce-21-released?category_id=32
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53559
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75670

History

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Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

Ryan Demmer Joomla Content Editor

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:50 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 21, 2012, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:50 PM
Reserved: May 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:42 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 21, 2012, 6:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:42 PM

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