[20180508] – Core – Possible XSS attack in the redirect method
- Project: Joomla!
- SubProject: CMS
- Impact: Low
- Severity: Low
- Versions: 3.1.2 through 3.8.7
- Exploit type: XSS
- Reported Date: 2018-March-30
- Fixed Date: 2018-May-22
- CVE Number: CVE-2018-11328
Description
Under specific circumstances (a redirect issued with a URI containing a username and password when the Location: header cannot be used), a lack of escaping the user-info component of the URI could result in a XSS vulnerability.
Affected Installs
Joomla! CMS versions 3.1.2 through 3.8.7
Solution
Upgrade to version 3.8.8
Contact
The JSST at the Joomla! Security Centre.