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CVE-2021-23130

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.24. Missing filtering of feed fields could lead to xss issues.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Joomla — Joomla!

CWEs

References

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  "id": "CVE-2021-23130",
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          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW"
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  "affected": [
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      "source": "security@joomla.org",
      "affectedData": [
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          "vendor": "Joomla! Project",
          "product": "Joomla! CMS",
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  ],
  "published": "2021-03-04T18:15:13.503",
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/844-20210304-core-xss-within-the-feed-parser-library.html",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "source": "security@joomla.org"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/844-20210304-core-xss-within-the-feed-parser-library.html",
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      "value": "An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.24. Missing filtering of feed fields could lead to xss issues."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se detectó un problema en Joomla! versiones 2.5.0 hasta 3.9.24. Una falta de filtrado de campos feed podría conllevar a problemas de tipo xss"
    }
  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:38:19.130",
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