🛡️ CVE-2011-2509 — joomla-cms

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the query string to the com_contact component, as demonstrated by the Itemid parameter to index.php; (2) the query string to the com_content component, as demonstrated by the filter_order parameter to index.php; (3) the query string to the com_newsfeeds component, as demonstrated by an arbitrary parameter to index.php; or (4) the option parameter in a reset.request action to index.php; and, when Internet Explorer or Konqueror is used, (5) 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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2011-2509 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2011-2509 is recorded against 1 package.

  • joomla/joomla-cms (fixed in 1.6.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 12 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
developer.joomla.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
yehg.net (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-04-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
joomla/joomla-cms — 1.6.4

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