CVE-2018-11328
MEDIUMJoomla! < 3.8.8 - Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped User-Info in Redirect URI
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. Under specific circumstances (a redirect issued with a URI containing a username and password when the Location: header cannot be used), a lack of escaping the user-info component of the URI could result in an XSS vulnerability.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104269
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/736-20180508-core-possible-xss-attack-in-the-redirect-method.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040966
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
joomla/joomla\!
< 3.8.8
Published
May 22, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026