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CVE-2012-1612

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1612 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the update manager of Joomla! 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.4. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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/399-20120308-core-xss-vulnerability.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48683
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/03/5
osvdb.org / 80880
securityfocus.com / bid/52859