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.
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.x - Cross-Site Scripting / Information Disclosure EDB-33061 · webapps · Jun 1, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/298-20090604-core-frontend-xss-httpreferer-not-properly-filtered.html
- 55589 vdb-entry
- 20120702 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Joomla! < 1.5.12 Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in HTTP Headers mailing-list
- 35668 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20111225 Re: CVE-request for three 2009 Joomla issues (second part) mailing-list
- 35544 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20111225 CVE-request for three 2009 Joomla issues (second part) mailing-list