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Inadequate error checking causes potential information disclosure.
Joomla! version 1.7.1 and earlier
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Weak encryption causes potential information disclosure.
Joomla! version 1.5.23 and earlier
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate error checking causes information disclosure.
Joomla! version 1.7.0
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability in com_search.
Joomla! version 1.7.0 and all 1.6.x versions
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability in back end.
Joomla! version 1.7.0 and all 1.6.x versions
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate escaping leads to XSS vulnerability.
Joomla! version 1.6.5 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate filtering causes possible information disclosure.
Joomla! version 1.6.3 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Inadequate filtering leads to XSS vulnerability.
Joomla! version 1.6.3 and all earlier 1.6.x versions
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The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
When a user requests a password reset, the reset tokens were stored in plain text in the database. While this is not a vulnerability in itself, it allows user accounts to be compromised if there is an extension on the site with an SQL injection vulnerability.
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.15 are affected.
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.5.16 or later)
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.
Session id doesn't get modified when user logs in. A remote site may be able to forward a visitor to the Joomla! site and set a specific cookie. If the user then logs in, the remote site can use that cookie to authenticate as that user.
All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.15 are affected.
Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.5.16 or later)
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.