{"id":"GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj","summary":"Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting","details":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the query string to the com_contact component, as demonstrated by the Itemid parameter to index.php; (2) the query string to the com_content component, as demonstrated by the filter_order parameter to index.php; (3) the query string to the com_newsfeeds component, as demonstrated by an arbitrary parameter to index.php; or (4) the option parameter in a reset.request action to index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (5) 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.","aliases":["CVE-2011-2509"],"modified":"2025-04-12T02:42:07.438830Z","published":"2022-05-14T03:08:10Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-04-12T01:57:04Z","nvd_published_at":"2011-07-27T20:55:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-79"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2509"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/352-20110604-xss-vulnerability.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/12"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.6.3%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"joomla/joomla-cms","ecosystem":"Packagist","purl":"pkg:composer/joomla/joomla-cms"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.6.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj/GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N"}]}