Joomla : input sanitization errors vulnerability

Users of Joomla please be advised of a input sanitization errors vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

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oCERT-2010-002: oCERT-2010-002 Joomla input sanitization errors (XSS)

Joomla input sanitization errors

escription: Joomla, an open source content management system, suffers from a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Insufficient input sanitization on the parameters passed to pages related to administration settings leads to arbitrary javascript injection in the context of the user session, this could be potentially exploited to hijack the session of the Joomla administrator. Affected version: Joomla <= 1.5.19 Fixed version: Joomla >= 1.5.20 Credit: vulnerability report and PoC received from Mesut Timur <mesut [at] mavitunasecurity [dot] com>. CVE: N/A Read more at www.criticalwatch.com

 

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