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Joomla!: [20240805] - Core - XSS vectors in Outputfilter::strip* methods (CVE-2024-40743)

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Joomla!: [20240805] - Core - XSS vectors in Outputfilter::strip* methods (CVE-2024-40743)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/21/2024
Created
08/22/2024
Added
08/21/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

The stripImages and stripIframes methods didn't properly process inputs, leading to XSS vectors.

Solution(s)

  • joomla-upgrade-3_10_17
  • joomla-upgrade-4_4_7
  • joomla-upgrade-5_1_3

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