CVE-2011-2710
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the URI to includes/application.php, reachable through index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (2) 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. NOTE: vector 2 exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2509.5.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| joomla | joomla\! | {"endIncluding":"1.6.6"} | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.0 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.1 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.2 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.3 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.4 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.5 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.6 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.7 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.8 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.9 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.10 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.11 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.12 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.13 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.14 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.15 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.16 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.17 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.18 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.19 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.20 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.21 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.22 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.5.23 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.6 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.6.0 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.6.1 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.6.3 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.6.4 | |
| joomla | joomla\! | 1.6.5 | |
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/27
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.7.0-rc%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/27
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.7.0-rc%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
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.