CVE-2007-5577

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! before 1.0.13 (aka Sunglow) allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Title or (2) Section Name form fields in the Section Manager component, or (3) multiple unspecified fields in New Menu Item.

Affected products

Joomla!: before 1.0.13 — fixed in 1.0.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Joomla! 1.0.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=5654
http://osvdb.org/37173
http://secunia.com/advisories/25804
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/3670/78/
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/3677/1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24663
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35119
http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_item_id=5654
http://osvdb.org/37173
http://secunia.com/advisories/25804
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/3670/78/
http://www.joomla.org/content/view/3677/1/

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