Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-4909
CVE-2011-4909
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.5.12 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_REFERER header to (1) components/com_content/views/article/tmpl/form.php, (2) components/com_user/controller.php, (3) plugins/system/legacy/html.php, or (4) templates/beez/html/com_content/article/form.php.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.11
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.12
Patches
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References
7- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0012.htmlnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/35668nvdVendor Advisory
- developer.joomla.org/security/news/298-20090604-core-frontend-xss-httpreferer-not-properly-filtered.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/8nvd
- www.osvdb.org/55589nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35544nvd
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