Joomla! 1.5.20 <= Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
1. OVERVIEW The Joomla! web application was vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting vulnerability. 2. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Joomla is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. It comprises a model–view–controller (MVC) Web application framework that can also be used independently. Joomla is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques and software design patterns, stores data in a MySQL database, and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for language internationalization. 3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION Some URLs in Joomla! do not properly escape encoded user inputs that lead to cross site scripting vulnerability. For more information about this kind of vulnerability, see OWASP Top 10 - A2, WASC-8 and CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'). 4. VERSIONS A...