Unscored severity · published Oct 7, 2012
CVE-2011-4909
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.5.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_REFERER header to (1)…
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CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.5.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_REFERER header to (1) components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php, (2) components/com_user/controller.php, (3) plugins/system/legacy/html.php, or (4) templates/beez/html/com_content/article/form.php.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
through 1.5.11; 1.5.0; 1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.3; 1.5.4; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4909
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4909
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0012.html
developer.joomla.org
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/298-20090604-core-frontend-xss-httpreferer-not-properly-filtered.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35668
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/3
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/8
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/55589
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