What is CVE-2023-54362?

CVE-2023-54362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Virtuemart Cart, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-54362?

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

XSS in Virtuemart Cart

CVE-2023-54362

Joomla VirtueMart Shopping-Cart 4.0.12 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the keyword parameter. Attackers can craft malicious URLs containing script payloads in the keyword parameter of the product-variants endpoint to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers and steal session tokens or credentials.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (9.4th 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

Virtuemart Cart — versions 4.0.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-54362?: CVE-2023-54362 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Virtuemart Cart, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-54362?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.