Vigil@nce - Joomla SIGE: Cross Site Scripting via Image Metadata
May 2018 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via Image Metadata
of Joomla SIGE, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of
the web site.
Impacted products: Joomla Extensions not comprehensive.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 06/03/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The SIGE extension can be installed on Joomla.
However, it does not filter received data via Image Metadata
before inserting them in generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting via Image
Metadata of Joomla SIGE, in order to run JavaScript code in the
context of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Joomla-SIGE-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-Image-Metadata-25442