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Fencer Intel
medium 4.3

CVE-2011-0005 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the com_search module for Joomla!

published 2011-01-11 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-0032

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the com_search module for Joomla! 1.0.x through 1.0.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ordering parameter to index.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-35167)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-35167 Joomla! 1.0.x - 'ordering' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2011-01-06
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45679 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/97273/joomla1015-xss.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Sources

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