Joomla! 1.6.5 and Prior Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	48805
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 20 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 09:12AM
Credit:	YGN Ethical Hacking Group
Vulnerable:	Joomla Joomla! 1.6.3 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.2 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.1 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.4 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.0 Joomla Joomla 1.6.5
Not Vulnerable:	Joomla Joomla 1.7

Joomla! 1.6.5 and Prior Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

An attacker may leverage these issues 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.

Joomla! 1.6.5 and prior are vulnerable.

Joomla! 1.6.5 and Prior Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=com_resman&task=list&city=<BODY%20ONLOAD=alert("SOLVER")>

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/48805.txt

Joomla! 1.6.5 and Prior Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released an update. Please see the references for details.

Joomla! 1.6.5 and Prior Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• [20110701] - XSS Vulnerability (Joomla!)
  
• Joomla Homepage (Joomla)