PT-2017-18048 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Published 2017-04-25 · Updated 2017-05-02 · CVE-2017-7986

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5

Description The issue is related to inadequate filtering of specific HTML attributes, which leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions 1.5.0 through 3.6.5, update to version 3.7.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7986

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7986 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/686-20170404-core-xss-vulnerability · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/98024 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7986 · Note