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:^1.6.4Details
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
0Fixed in: 1.6.4composer require joomla/joomla-cms:^1.6.4References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2509[ADVISORY]
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/352-20110604-xss-vulnerability.html[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/4[WEB]
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/12[WEB]
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.6.3%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29[WEB]