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CVE-2012-4071

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the comments module in the RSGallery2 (com_rsgallery2) component before 2.3.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the comments module in the RSGallery2 (com_rsgallery2) component before 2.3.0 for Joomla! 1.5.x, and before 3.2.0 for Joomla! 2.5.x, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted BBCode markup in a comment.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00329
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
rsgallery2 com rsgallery2<= 2.2.1
rsgallery2 com rsgallery2all versions
rsgallery2 com rsgallery2<= 3.1.0
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD10 Aug 2012 · 10:34 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-a-images/photo-gallery/142
http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/17325/75427/com_rsgallery2_2.3.0.zipPatch
http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/17326/75428/com_rsgallery2_3.2.0.zipPatch
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/rsgallery2/news/
http://www.rsgallery2.nl/announcements/rsgallery2_3.2.0_and_2.3.0_released_16845.0.html
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