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CVE-2012-0822

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0822 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions 1.6 and 1.7.x prior to 1.7.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is considered medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and having a low impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.6:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

developer.joomla.org / security/news/385-20120104-core-xss-vulnerability
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47753
Vendor Advisory
joomla.org / announcements/release-news/5403-joomla-250-released.html
joomla.org / announcements/release-news/5405-joomla-174-released.html
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/25/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/30/1
osvdb.org / 78516