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CVE-2018-12711: joomla joomla\! Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
Published 26-06-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12711 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in joomla joomla\!. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.41%
0%100%
Low · -0.30 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-06-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.30 pp

From 1.71% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Joomla1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links