01 Record
CVE-2017-7985
In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-04-25 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2320ae3767bc56b1b1ce67ca5ffc6f222beb9311f8932b71dc00a702eaddf6a3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-109
- fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-107
- www.securitytracker.com1038817http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038817
- developer.joomla.orghttps://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/685-20170403-core-xss-vulnerability
- fortiguard.comhttps://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-108
- www.securityfocus.com98020http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98020