CVE-2011-0005

medium
Published 2011-01-11 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the com_search module for Joomla! 1.0.x through 1.0.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ordering parameter to index.php.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35167 webapps php verified text ยท 1 KB
Aung Khant ยท 2011-01-06

Joomla! 1.0.x - 'ordering' Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45679/info

The Joomla! Search component is prone to a cross-site-scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. 

http://www.example.com/joomla1015/index.php?option=com_search&searchword=xss&searchphrase=any&ordering=newest%22%20onmousemove=alert%28document.cookie%29%20style=position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;% 

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
joomla joomlacom_search
joomla joomlajoomla\!1.0.0
joomla joomlajoomla\!1.0.15

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.