CVE-2018-12711
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.1)—
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
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.41%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 72
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104565
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041244
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/740-20180602-core-xss-vulnerability-in-language-switcher-module
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104565
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041244
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/740-20180602-core-xss-vulnerability-in-language-switcher-module
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