CVE-2011-2509

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
27/07/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.6.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*