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Joomla! XSS Vulnerability (20260102)

🗓️ 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2026 Greenbone AGType 
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Joomla! XSS vulnerability CVE-2025-63083 affects multiple versions; update to 5.4.2 or later.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.156091");
  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:"2026-01-07 02:54:01 +0000 (Wed, 07 Jan 2026)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2026-01-30 18:41:36 +0000 (Fri, 30 Jan 2026)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-63083");

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

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

  script_name("Joomla! XSS Vulnerability (20260102)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2026 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.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Lack of output escaping leads to a XSS vector in the pagebreak
  plugin.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Joomla! version 3.9.0 through 5.4.1 and 6.0.0 through
  6.0.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.4.2, 6.0.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/1017-20260102-core-xss-vector-in-the-pagebreak-plugin.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: "3.9.0", test_version2: "5.4.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.4.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "6.0.0", test_version2: "6.0.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.0.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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