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GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj

Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Quick fix

GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj — joomla/joomla-cms: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

composer require joomla/joomla-cms:^1.6.4

Details

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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Affected packages

Packagist/joomla/joomla-cms
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.6.4
Fixcomposer require joomla/joomla-cms:^1.6.4

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