Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.7.0 allow...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the URI to includes/application.php, reachable through index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (2) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchword parameter in a search action to index.php in the com_search component. NOTE: vector 2 exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2509.5.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.7.0-rc%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/27
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/16/1
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