Joomla CMS up to 3.2.2 com_contact cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.2.2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function com_contact. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in com_contact in Joomla! CMS 3.1.2 through 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 03/04/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-7983 since 10/08/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73025 (Joomla! 3.x < 3.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 3.2.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99763) and Tenable (73025). Similar entries are available at 12308, 68545, 71892 and 71891.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 73025
Nessus Name: Joomla! 3.x < 3.2.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 3.2.3

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03/04/2014 🔍
10/08/2014 +218 days 🔍
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01/13/2015 +97 days 🔍
03/02/2022 +2605 days 🔍

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Vendor: joomla.org

Advisory: developer.joomla.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7983 (🔍)
X-Force: 99763 - Joomla! com_contact cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 77808

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2015 14:00
Updated: 03/02/2022 02:44
Changes: 01/13/2015 14:00 (54), 04/21/2019 12:00 (6), 03/02/2022 02:44 (4)
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