CVE-2018-11328
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- joomla/joomla\!
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104269Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/736-20180508-core-possible-xss-attack-in-the-redirect-method.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104269Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/736-20180508-core-possible-xss-attack-in-the-redirect-method.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.