GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj

Aliases

CVE-2011-2509

Published

2022-05-14T03:08:10Z

Modified

2025-04-12T02:42:07Z

Severity

5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator

Summary

Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

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.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2025-04-12T01:57:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2011-07-27T20:55:00Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

Packagist / joomla/joomla-cms

Package

Name: joomla/joomla-cms
Purl: pkg:composer/joomla/joomla-cms

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6.4

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj.json"