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Joomla!: [20190202] - Core - Browserside mime-type sniffing causes XSS attack vectors (CVE-2019-7742)

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Joomla!: [20190202] - Core - Browserside mime-type sniffing causes XSS attack vectors (CVE-2019-7742)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/12/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/13/2019
Modified
02/14/2019

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.3. A combination of specific web server configurations, in connection with specific file types and browser-side MIME-type sniffing, causes an XSS attack vector.

Solution(s)

  • joomla-upgrade-3_9_3

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