CVE-2017-7985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

Published: 2017-04-25

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16955	In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98020
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038817
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/685-20170403-core-xss-vulnerability
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-107
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-108
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-109

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00045}`	epss `{'score': 0.00048}`

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-25T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.538Z

Reserved: 2017-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7985

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-25T18:59:00.307

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7985

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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