Joomla! 404 Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	37148
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 23 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 30 2009 08:35PM
Credit:	MustLive
Vulnerable:	Joomla Joomla 1.5.11 Joomla Joomla 1.5.10 Joomla Joomla 1.5.9 Joomla Joomla 1.5.8 Joomla Joomla 1.5.7 Joomla Joomla 1.5.6 Joomla Joomla 1.5.5 Joomla Joomla 1.5.4 Joomla Joomla 1.5.3 Joomla Joomla 1.5.2 Joomla Joomla 1.5.1 Joomla Joomla 1.5 Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 Beta Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC3 Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC2 Joomla Joomla 1.5 RC1 Joomla Joomla 1.5 Beta 2
Not Vulnerable:	Joomla Joomla 1.5.12

Joomla! 404 Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Joomla! is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Unspecified versions of Joomla! 1.5.x prior to 1.5.12 are vulnerable.

Joomla! 404 Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/37148.txt

Joomla! 404 Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

Joomla! 404 Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Joomla (MustLive)
  
• Joomla! Homepage (Joomla!)