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CVE-2012-1117

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1117 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Joomla! versions 2.5.0 and 2.5.1, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with potential for information integrity impact. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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/392-20120302-core-xss-vulnerability.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48005
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73700
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/12
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/06/5
osvdb.org / 79836
securityfocus.com / bid/52314