ASA-2019-00135 – Joomla: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in media form field


Allele Security Alert

ASA-2019-00135

Identifier(s)

ASA-2019-00135, CVE-2019-9714

Title

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in media form field

Vendor(s)

Open Source Matters, Inc

Product(s)

Joomla! CMS

Affected version(s)

Joomla! CMS versions 3.2.0 through 3.9.3

Fixed version(s)

Joomla! CMS version 3.9.4

Proof of concept

Unknown

Description

The media form field lacks escaping, leading to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Technical details

Unknown

Credits

Fouad Maakor

Reference(s)

Security Announcements
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/

[20190303] – Core – XSS in media form field
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/774-20190303-core-xss-in-media-form-field.html

CVE-2019-9714
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9714

CVE-2019-9714
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9714

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Last modified: March 14, 2019

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