CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-11328
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. Under specific circumstances (a redirect issued with a URI containing a username and password when the Location: header cannot be used), a lack of escaping the user-info component of the URI could result in an XSS vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• joomla joomla\! (< 3.8.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104269 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/736-20180508-core-possible-xss-attack-in-the-redirect-method.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104269 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/736-20180508-core-possible-xss-attack-in-the-redirect-method.html Vendor Advisory