Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2010
CVE-2010-3712
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving…
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CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving "multiple encoded entities," as demonstrated by the query string to index.php in the com_weblinks or com_content component.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
1.5.0; 1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.3; 1.5.4; 1.5.5; +16 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3712
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3712
Vendor Advisory
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/322-20101001-core-xss-vulnerabilities
joomlacode.org
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_id=32&tracker_item_id=22767
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/08/4
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/11/4
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/8
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/22
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