CVE-2024-21726 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00226.

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\!::::::::
	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/929-20240205-core-inadequate-content-filtering-within-the-filter-code.html
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/joomla-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities/

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00224}`	epss `{'score': 0.00323}`

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/joomla-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities/

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Joomla

Published: 2024-02-20T16:22:36.946Z

Updated: 2024-12-25T04:35:19.649Z

Reserved: 2024-01-01T04:30:58.881Z

Link: CVE-2024-21726

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:27:35.985Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-02-29T01:44:03.897

Modified: 2025-06-02T14:41:33.100

Link: CVE-2024-21726

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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