CVE-2019-6264 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.2. Inadequate escaping in mod_banners leads to a stored XSS vulnerability.

Published: 2019-01-16

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

n/a

n/a

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-2019-15830	An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.2. Inadequate escaping in mod_banners leads to a stored XSS vulnerability.

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 0.00429.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106638
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/760-20190101-core-stored-xss-in-mod-banners

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00395}`	epss `{'score': 0.00368}`

Subscriptions

Joomla Joomla\!

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-01-16T07:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:16:24.785Z

Reserved: 2019-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-6264

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-16T08:29:00.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:46:20.190

Link: CVE-2019-6264

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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