VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 1.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.36%). 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
- 1.36% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- joomla/joomla\!
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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. Refreshed daily.