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Joomla!: [20210701] - Core - XSS in JForm Rules field (CVE-2021-26035)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 8, 2021
Added
Jul 8, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.9.27. Inadequate escaping in the rules field of the JForm API leads to a XSS vulnerability.

Solution

joomla-upgrade-3_9_28
Title
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