Medium

Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the back end in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.17 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors related to "various administrator screens," possibly the search parameter in administrator/index.php.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package joomla/joomla-cms >= 1.5, < 1.5.18 1.5.18
Joomla (core) joomla/joomla-cms >= 1.5, < 1.5.18 1.5.18

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer, Joomla
Package
joomla/joomla-cms
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-fj57-vhrc-73r7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: joomla/joomla-cms

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Joomla (core)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
05.2022 04.2025
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1
  • Medium 4
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 7
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 1
  5. 2026: 0
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-25227 >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.6, >= 4.0.0, < 4.4.13 5.2.6, 4.4.13
  2. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-16725 >= 3.0.0, < 3.9.12 3.9.12
  3. Low CVE-2011-4332 < 1.6.4 1.6.4
  4. Low CVE-2013-5583 < 3.1.6 3.1.6
  5. Medium · 4.8 CVE-2018-11326 >= 3.0.0, < 3.8.8 3.8.8
  6. Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting this entry
    Medium CVE-2010-1649 >= 1.5, < 1.5.18 1.5.18
  7. Medium CVE-2011-2509 < 1.6.4 1.6.4
  8. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2019-7743 >= 2.5.0, < 3.9.3 3.9.3

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