QID 731187

Date Published: 2024-02-29

QID 731187: Joomla Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (20240203)

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-2024-21724: Joomla versions 1.6.0-3.10.14-elts, 4.0.0-4.4.2, 5.0.0-5.0.2 is vulnerable to XSS vulnerability.

Affected Version:
Joomla! CMS versions from 1.6.0 prior to 3.10.15-elts
Joomla! CMS versions from 4.0.0 prior to 4.4.3
Joomla! CMS versions from 5.0.0 prior to 5.0.3

Fixed Version:
Upgrade to version 3.10.15-elts, 4.4.3 or 5.0.3

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

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker in inadequate input validation for media selection fields lead to XSS vulnerabilities in various extensions.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released a patch in Joomla versions 3.10.15-elts, 4.4.3 or 5.0.3 to remediate this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

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    CVE-2024-21724 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    20240203 URL Logo developer.joomla.org/security-centre.html
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