• Project: Joomla!
• SubProject: CMS
• Impact: Moderate
• Severity: Low
• Versions: 3.0.0-3.9.18
• Exploit type: XSS
• Reported Date: 2020-May-06
• Fixed Date: 2020-June-02
• CVE Number: CVE-2020-13761

Description

Lack of input validation in the heading tag option of the "Articles – Newsflash" and "Articles - Categories" modules allow XSS attacks.

Affected Installs

Joomla! CMS versions 3.0.0 - 3.9.18

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.9.19

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.