Overview
- Description
- An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. Under specific circumstances (a redirect issued with a URI containing a username and password when the Location: header cannot be used), a lack of escaping the user-info component of the URI could result in an XSS vulnerability.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.7
- Impact score
- 2.7
- Exploitability score
- 1.6
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.6
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 4.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-79
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "C3E86007-2360-4688-B08B-C4A9563CE251",
"versionEndExcluding": "3.8.8"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]