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CVE-2017-7986

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of specific HTML attributes leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

Affected products

• Joomla!: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+131)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98024
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/686-20170404-core-xss-vulnerability
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98024
• https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/686-20170404-core-xss-vulnerability

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