PT-2011-5115 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2011-12-14 · Updated 2012-02-10 · CVE-2011-4809

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! component com hmcommunity version prior to 1.01

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters in a save task for a profile to "index.php". The vulnerable parameters include language[], university[], persent[], company name[], designation[], music[], books[], movies[], games[], syp[], ft[], and fa[].

Recommendations For version prior to 1.01, update to version 1.01 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the save task for a profile in "index.php" to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vulnerable parameters in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4809

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 6

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/18050 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18050 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46656 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4809 · Security Note
• http://joomlaextensions.co.in/index.php?option=com_jeshop&view=category_detail&Itemid=118&id=38 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/76726 · Note