GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist

GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2025-04-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2011-2509
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
joomla/joomla-cms
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
Reviewed
2025-04-12

Affected packages

• Packagist joomla/joomla-cms: < 1.6.4 → fixed in 1.6.4

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2011-2509 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References