What is CVE-2022-23796?

CVE-2022-23796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-23796?

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

XSS in Joomla Joomla\!

CVE-2022-23796

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.7.0 through 3.10.6. Lack of input validation could allow an XSS attack using com_fields.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Joomla Joomla\!
Joomla! Project Cms — versions 3.7.0-3.10.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@joomla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23796?: CVE-2022-23796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-23796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.