VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-5427

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the com_search component in Joomla!

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the com_search component in Joomla! 1.0.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchword parameter. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2007-4189.1.

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 1.93% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 October 2007
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: joomla/com search component · joomla/joomla
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-30655 source ↗	Joomla! Component Search 1.0.13 - SearchWord Cross-Site Scriptingphp · MustLive	webapps	11 October 2007	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.