Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x through 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to database output and the frontend administrative panel.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Joomla! < 1.5.11 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting / HTML Injection Vulnerabilities EDB-33022 · webapps · Jun 3, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5235-joomla-1511-security-release-now-available.html
- joomla-adminpanel-xss(50923) vdb-entry
- 35189 vdb-entry
- 35278 third-party-advisory
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/297-20090602-core-frontend-xss.html
- 54868 vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-1497 vdb-entry