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.
Published: 2011-07-27
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2494 Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:31:40.723Z

Reserved: 2011-06-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2509

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Status : Modified

Published: 2011-07-27T20:55:03.257

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2509

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Weaknesses