CVE-2010-3712 json
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla!
published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-3694
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.5%
- EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x before 1.5.21 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving "multiple encoded entities," as demonstrated by the query string to index.php in the com_weblinks or com_content component.
Is CVE-2010-3712 in your stack? Fencer shows which of your repositories are affected as soon as an advisory lands, and opens the fix as a pull request.
Check with FencerExploit prediction
1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
developer.joomla.org
/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/322-20101001-core-xss-vulnerabilities
vendor-advisory
- joomlacode.org /gf/project/joomla/tracker/?action=TrackerItemEdit&tracker_id=32&tracker_item_id=22767
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/5
mailing-list
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2010/10/08/4
mailing-list
- yehg.net /lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.5.20%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2011/03/18/3
mailing-list
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/8
mailing-list
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/22
mailing-list
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2010/10/11/4
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2010-3712
- NVD CVE-2010-3712
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.