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Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 12, 2025

Package

composer joomla/joomla-cms (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 1.5, <= 1.5.17

Patched versions

1.5.18

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the back end in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.17 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors related to "various administrator screens," possibly the search parameter in administrator/index.php.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 8, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Apr 12, 2025
Last updated Apr 12, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(7th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2010-1649

GHSA ID

GHSA-fj57-vhrc-73r7

Source code

No known source code
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