Joomla! Joomulus Component 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	37479
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 28 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 29 2009 05:02PM
Credit:	MustLive
Vulnerable:	Joomla Bear Joomulus 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Joomla! Joomulus Component 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The Joomulus component for Joomla! is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application 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 help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Joomla! Joomulus Component 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/37479.txt

Joomla! Joomulus Component 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Joomla! Joomulus Component 'tagcloud.swf' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Joomulus Homepage (Joomla Bear)
  
• Vulnerability in Joomulus for Joomla ('MustLive' )