CVE-2018-12711

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    CVE-2018-12711

    Published: 26 Jun 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.8.8
    3.8.7
    3.8.6
    3.8.4
    3.8.8-rc
    3.8.7-rc
    3.8.6-rc1
    3.8.3
    3.8.3-rc
    3.8.5
    3.8.5-rc
    3.8.4-rc2
    3.8.4-rc
    3.8.2
    3.8.1
    3.8.0
    3.8.2-rc
    3.8.1-rc
    3.8.0-rc1
    3.8.0-beta2
    3.8.0-beta4
    3.8.0-beta1
    3.8.0-beta3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High