Description

Joomla! Core is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently verify user-supplied input. Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks. Joomla! Core versions 3.9.x ranging from 3.9.3 and up to and including 3.9.5 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to Joomla! Core version 3.9.6 or latest

References

https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-psa-2019-007/

https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/781-%2020190502-core-by-passing-protection-of-phar-stream-wrapper-interceptor.html

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Atlassian Jira Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2021-26079)

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2019-11831 CWE-22 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Directory Traversal