Unscored severity · published Jul 27, 2011
CVE-2011-2710
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the URI to…
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CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the URI to includes/application.php, reachable through index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (2) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchword parameter in a search action to index.php in the com_search component. NOTE: vector 2 exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2509.5.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
through 1.6.6; 1.5.0; 1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.3; 1.5.4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2710
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2710
developer.joomla.org
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/357-20110701-xss-vulnerability.html
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/1
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/5
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/16/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/27
yehg.net
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.7.0-rc%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
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