CVE-2011-4909
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.5.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_REFERER header to (1) components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php, (2) components/com_user/controller.php, (3) plugins/system/legacy/html.php, or (4) templates/beez/html/com_content/article/form.php.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-33061Joomla! 1.5.x - Cross-Site Scripting / Information Disclosurefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (13)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (22)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0012.htmlcnnvd
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/298-20090604-core-frontend-xss-httpreferer-not-properly-filtered.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35668cnnvd
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5242-joomla-1512-released.htmlPatchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/3cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/8cnnvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/55589cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35544cnnvd
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