Joomla CMS up to 3.10.16/4.4.6/5.1.2 stripImages/stripIframes cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Joomla CMS up to 3.10.16/4.4.6/5.1.2. This affects the function stripImages/stripIframes. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-40743. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Joomla CMS up to 3.10.16/4.4.6/5.1.2. This affects the function stripImages/stripIframes. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The stripImages and stripIframes methods didn't properly process inputs, leading to XSS vectors.

The weakness was presented by Jesper Den Boer. It is possible to read the advisory at developer.joomla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-40743 since 07/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/30/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Joomla

Name

• CMS

Version

• 3.10.0
• 3.10.1
• 3.10.2
• 3.10.3
• 3.10.4
• 3.10.5
• 3.10.6
• 3.10.7
• 3.10.8
• 3.10.9
• 3.10.10
• 3.10.11
• 3.10.12
• 3.10.13
• 3.10.14
• 3.10.15
• 3.10.16
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 5.1.0
• 5.1.1
• 5.1.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.joomla.org/

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