CVE-2011-2509: Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

CVE-2011-2509 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2022-05-14

Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Technologies: joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2011-2509 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2011-2509 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2011-2509?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 14 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.6.4.
Is there a fix for CVE-2011-2509?
Yes. joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist): upgrade to 1.6.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2011-2509?
Check whether you run joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist): upgrade to 1.6.4 or later
    composer require joomla/joomla-cms:^1.6.4

Affected products

  • joomla/joomla-cms (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.6.4

Identifiers

  • CVE-2011-2509
  • GHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mj

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