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CVE-2018-7465

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• 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: yes
• Published: 2018-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in VirtueMart before 3.2.14. All the textareas in the backend of the plugin can be closed by simply adding </textarea> to the value and saving the product/config. By editing back the product/config, the editor's browser will execute everything after the </textarea>, leading to a possible XSS.

Affected products

• virtuemart.net Virtuemart component for Joomla: before 3.2.14 — fixed in 3.2.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: virtuemart.net Virtuemart component for Joomla 3.2.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://virtuemart.net/news/489-virtuemart-3-2-14-security-release-and-enhanced-invoice-handling
• https://imgur.com/a/Hf6JD
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44625/
• http://virtuemart.net/news/489-virtuemart-3-2-14-security-release-and-enhanced-invoice-handling
• https://imgur.com/a/Hf6JD
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44625/

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