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[20170404] - Core - XSS Vulnerability

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: CMS
  • Severity: Low
  • Versions: 1.5.0 through 3.6.5
  • Exploit type: XSS
  • Reported Date: 2017-February-22
  • Fixed Date: 2017-April-25
  • CVE Number: CVE-2017-7986

Description

Inadequate filtering of specific HTML attributes leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

Affected Installs

Joomla! CMS versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.7.0

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.

Reported By: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs