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Joomla Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2009-1938)

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x through 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to database output and the frontend administrative panel.

Remediation

References

CVE-2009-1938

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2009-1938 CWE-707

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities

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