CVE-2024-21725 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Inadequate escaping of mail addresses lead to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01231.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Joomla	Joomla\!

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/928-20240204-core-xss-in-mail-address-outputs.html

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01138}`	epss `{'score': 0.01539}`

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Joomla Joomla joomla\!
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!::::::::
Vendors & Products		Joomla Joomla joomla\!

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2024-02-20T16:22:57.554Z

Updated: 2024-10-28T04:34:16.221Z

Reserved: 2024-01-01T04:30:58.880Z

Link: CVE-2024-21725

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:27:35.950Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-29T01:44:03.837

Modified: 2025-06-02T15:27:04.010

Link: CVE-2024-21725

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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