CVE-2021-23130 (GCVE-0-2021-23130)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-04 17:37 – Updated: 2026-02-25 05:04
VLAI
Title
[20210304] - Core - XSS within the feed parser library
Summary
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.9.24. Missing filtering of feed fields could lead to xss issues.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • XSS
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/844-… x_refsource_MISCvendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS Affected: 2.5.0-3.9.24
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Date Public
2021-03-02 00:00
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