Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the query string to the com_contact component, as demonstrated by the Itemid parameter to index.php; (2) the query string to the com_content component, as demonstrated by the filter_order parameter to index.php; (3) the query string to the com_newsfeeds component, as demonstrated by an arbitrary parameter to index.php; or (4) the option parameter in a reset.request action to index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (5) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchword parameter in a search action to index.php in the com_search component.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2011-2509US | medium4.3 | — | ||
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the query string to the com_contac… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/352-20110604-xss-vulnerability.htmlWEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/4WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/12WEB
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.6.3%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2509ADVISORY
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