Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the URI to includes/application.php, reachable through index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (2) 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. NOTE: vector 2 exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2509.5.
Metrics
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/1Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/5Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/27
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.7.0-rc%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/1Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/5Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/27
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.7.0-rc%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 27, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified