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Joomla! XSS Vulnerability (20240205)

🗓️ 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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Joomla! XSS Vulnerability due to inadequate content filtering. Affected versions: 3.7.0 - 3.10.14, 4.0.0 - 4.4.2, 5.0.0 - 5.0.2. Update to versions 3.10.15, 4.4.3, 5.0.3 or later

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:joomla:joomla";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151801");
  script_version("2026-04-30T06:27:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-30 06:27:06 +0000 (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-02-23 03:26:31 +0000 (Fri, 23 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-21726");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Joomla! XSS Vulnerability (20240205)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("joomla_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("joomla/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Joomla! is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
  due to inadequate content filtering.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS vulnerabilities in
  various components.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! version 3.7.0 through 3.10.14, 4.0.0 through 4.4.2 and
  5.0.0 through 5.0.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.10.15, 4.4.3, 5.0.3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/929-20240205-core-inadequate-content-filtering-within-the-filter-code.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.7.0", test_version2: "3.10.14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.10.15", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.0.0", test_version2: "4.4.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.4.3", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "5.0.0", test_version2: "5.0.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.0.3", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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30 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.1
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.48839
SSVC
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