Medium severity · published Jun 11, 2019
CVE-2019-12766
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.7
6.1
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.7. The subform fieldtype does not sufficiently filter or validate input of subfields. This leads to XSS attack vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
3.6.0 through 3.9.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12766
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12766
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108735
Vendor Advisory
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/784-20190602-core-xss-in-subform-field
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