Joomla CMS up to 3.9.18 Articles cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.9.18. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Articles Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-13761. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Joomla CMS up to 3.9.18 (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Articles Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

In Joomla! before 3.9.19, lack of input validation in the heading tag option of the "Articles - Newsflash" and "Articles - Categories" modules allows XSS.

The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-13761 since 06/02/2020. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 3.9.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-155964, VDB-155963 and VDB-155961 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 3.9.19

Timelineinfo

06/02/2020 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: joomla.org

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-13761 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-13761
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-155962
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/03/2020 07:39
Updated: 06/03/2020 07:44
Changes: 06/03/2020 07:39 (38), 06/03/2020 07:44 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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