MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving "multiple encoded entities," as demonstrated by the query string to index.php in the com_weblinks or com_content component
Published Oct 27, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.53%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving "multiple encoded entities," as demonstrated by the query string to index.php in the com_weblinks or com_content component.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.5.9
- 1.5.10
- 1.5.11
- 1.5.12
- 1.5.13
- 1.5.14
- 1.5.15
- 1.5.15
- 1.5.16
- 1.5.17
- 1.5.18
- 1.5.19
- 1.5.20
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.53% 0.01528
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01528
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.53% (0.01528) | 73.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.53% (0.01528) | 71.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00034) | 6.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 66.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 64.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 61.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/322-20101001-core-xss-vulnerabilities x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_id=32&tracker_item_id=22767 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/08/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/11/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/22 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.5.20%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29 x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/322-20101001-core-xss-vulnerabilities | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_id=32&tracker_item_id=22767 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/08/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/11/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/22 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.5.20%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29 | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 27, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 1, 2010
Link CVE-2010-3712
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a