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A vulnerability was found in StackIdeas EasyDiscuss up to 4.0.20 on Joomla. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-5263. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability was found in StackIdeas EasyDiscuss up to 4.0.20 on Joomla (Joomla Component). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The StackIdeas EasyDiscuss (aka com_easydiscuss) extension before 4.0.21 for Joomla! allows XSS.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/08/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at stackideas.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5263 since 01/07/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.0.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (43488). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Joomla Component

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• StackIdeas

Name

• EasyDiscuss

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• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
• 4.0.15
• 4.0.16
• 4.0.17
• 4.0.18
• 4.0.19
• 4.0.20

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