CVE-2011-4909

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4909
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-07 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.5.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_REFERER header to (1) components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php, (2) components/com_user/controller.php, (3) plugins/system/legacy/html.php, or (4) templates/beez/html/com_content/article/form.php.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.10 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.7 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.8 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! 1.5.9 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla! All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/55589 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Joomla! Developer Network - [20090604] - Core - Frontend XSS - HTTP_REFERER not properly filtered af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.joomla.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0012.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
oss-security - CVE-request for three 2009 Joomla issues (second part) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Joomla! Cross-Site Scripting and Information Disclosure - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Joomla! Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-request for three 2009 Joomla issues (second part) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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