Joomla! CVE-2017-7985 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98020
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7985
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 25 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	May 02 2017 12:09AM
Credit:	Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Vulnerable:	Joomla Joomla! 3.6.5 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.7 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.6 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.3 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.2 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.3.6 Joomla Joomla! 3.3.5 Joomla Joomla! 3.3.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.3.3 Joomla Joomla! 3.3.2 Joomla Joomla! 3.3.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.3 Joomla Joomla! 3.2.6 Joomla Joomla! 3.2.5 Joomla Joomla! 3.2.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.2.3 Joomla Joomla! 3.2.2 Joomla Joomla! 3.2.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.1.6 Joomla Joomla! 3.1.5 Joomla Joomla! 3.1.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.1.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.0.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.0.3 Joomla Joomla! 3.0.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.0 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.26 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.25 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.24 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.19 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.18 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.17 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.16 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.15 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.14 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.13 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.11 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.10 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.9 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.8 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.7 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.6 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.5 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.4 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.3 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.2 Joomla Joomla! 2.5.1 Joomla Joomla! 2.5 Joomla Joomla! 1.7.5 Joomla Joomla! 1.7.4 Joomla Joomla! 1.7.3 Joomla Joomla! 1.7.2 Joomla Joomla! 1.7.1 Joomla Joomla! 1.7 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.6 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.4 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.3 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.2 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.1 Joomla Joomla! 1.6 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.26 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.22 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.21 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.20 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.19 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.18 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.17 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.16 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.15 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.14 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.13 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.12 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! 1.5.2 Joomla Joomla! 3.6.4 Joomla Joomla! 3.6.3 Joomla Joomla! 3.6.1 Joomla Joomla! 3.6.0 Joomla Joomla! 3.4.5 Joomla Joomla! 3.2 Joomla Joomla! 2.5 Joomla Joomla! 1.7 Joomla Joomla! 1.6.5 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.3 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.23 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.1 Joomla Joomla! 1.5.0
Not Vulnerable:	Joomla Joomla! 3.7

Joomla! CVE-2017-7985 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Joomla! is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to 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 launch other attacks.

Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 are vulnerable.

Joomla! CVE-2017-7985 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to visit a specially crafted URL.

Joomla! CVE-2017-7985 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Joomla! CVE-2017-7985 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Joomla! 3.7 is HERE (Joomla)
  
• Joomla! Homepage (Joomla )
  
• [20170403] - Core - XSS Vulnerability (Joomla)
  
• Security Centre Joomla (Joomla)