CVE-2011-4909
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4820)
- Published
- October 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4820 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
- joomla / joomla!
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-07/0012.html(Exploit)
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/298-20090604-core-frontend-xss-httpreferer-not-properly-filtered.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35668(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/25/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/55589
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35544
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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