What is CVE-2017-11612?

CVE-2017-11612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-11612?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2017-11612

In Joomla! before 3.7.4, inadequate filtering of potentially malicious HTML tags leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (58.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\! — versions 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11612?: CVE-2017-11612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-11612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.