PT-2018-17517 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

David Jardin · Published 2018-05-22 · Updated 2018-06-22 · CVE-2018-6378

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! Core versions prior to 3.8.8

Description The issue is related to inadequate filtering of file and folder names, which leads to various XSS attack vectors in the media manager.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.8, update to version 3.8.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6378

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6378 · Security Note
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/737-20180509-core-xss-vulnerability-in-the-media-manager.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040966 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6378 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104268 · Note