CVE-2007-5427

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the com_search component in Joomla! 1.0.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchword parameter. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2007-4189.1.

Affected products

Joomla! Com Search Component: all versions
Joomla! Joomla: through 1.0.13

References

http://osvdb.org/37709
http://secunia.com/advisories/27196
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216
http://securityvulns.ru/Rdocument919.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/1203/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26031
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3495
http://osvdb.org/37709
http://secunia.com/advisories/27196
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216
http://securityvulns.ru/Rdocument919.html

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