vulnerability

Joomla!: [20170403] - Core - XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2017-7985)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 25, 2017
Added
Apr 27, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

Solution

joomla-upgrade-3_7_0
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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