• Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: All
  • Severity: Medium
  • Versions: 1.5.20 and all previous 1.5 releases
  • Exploit type: XSS Injection
  • Reported Date: 2010-October-05
  • Fixed Date: 2010-October-08

Description

Inadequate filtering of multiple encoded entities permits XSS attacks in some circumstances.

Affected Installs

All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.20 are affected.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest Joomla! version (1.5.21 or later)

Reported by YGN Ethical Hacker Group

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.