PT-2019-14796 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Aswin M Guptha · Published 2019-09-24 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2019-16725

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 prior to 3.9.12

Description The issue is related to inadequate escaping, which allowed XSS attacks. Specifically, the logo parameter of the default templates was vulnerable to such attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9.12, update to version 3.9.12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the logo parameter in the default templates until a patch is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-16725

GHSA-V84J-VH7X-G7J6

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16725 · Vendor Advisory
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/791-20190901-core-xss-in-logo-parameter-of-default-templates.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16725 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16725 · Note