Stored cross-site scripting in Joomla! - CVE-2024-27186
Published: August 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96269
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27186
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in HTML mail templates. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Affected software
Joomla!
How to mitigate CVE-2024-27186
Install updates from vendor's website.
Joomla! - addressed in versions 4.4.7, 5.1.3