Joomla! prior to 3.9.6 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124682

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Synopsis

The remote web server is running a version of Joomla! CMS which is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Joomla! installation running on the remote web server is prior to 3.9.6.

In versions prior to 3.9.6, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Joomla! version 3.9.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124682

File Name: joomla_396_xss.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/8/2019

Updated: 6/5/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11809

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:joomla:joomla%5c%21

Required KB Items: www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Joomla!

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11809

Detections

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