CVE-2011-2509
EPSS 0.03%Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Packagist/joomla/joomla-cmsfrom 0, < 1.6.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2509
- WEBhttp://developer.joomla.org/security/news/352-20110604-xss-vulnerability.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/4
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/12
- WEBhttp://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.6.3%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29