QID 730640

Date Published: 2022-11-14

QID 730640: Joomla Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (20221101)

Joomla is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. It uses object oriented programming techniques and is built on a model-view-controller web application framework. It includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization.

CVE-2022-27914: Inadequate filtering of potentially malicious user input leads to reflected XSS vulnerabilities in com_media.

Affected Version:
Joomla! CMS versions from 4.0.0 to 4.2.4

Fixed Version:
Upgrade to version 4.2.5

QID Detection Logic(Unauthenticated):
QID checks for the Vulnerable version of Joomla.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive, browser-based information.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released a patch in Joomla to remediate this vulnerability.

Vendor References

20221101 - developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html

CVEs related to QID 730640

CVE-2022-27914 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
20221101			developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html

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