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CVE-2011-2509

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2509 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! versions prior to 1.6.4. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through various query string parameters within components like com_contact, com_content, com_newsfeeds, and com_search. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, as it requires medium attack complexity and can lead to partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\!:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joomla/joomla-cmsFixed in: 1.6.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-vcq7-x4wr-w2mjmedium

Joomla! vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

May 14, 2022

References

developer.joomla.org / security/news/352-20110604-xss-vulnerability.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/28/4
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/06/29/12
Exploit
yehg.net / lab/pr0js/advisories/joomla/core/%5Bjoomla_1.6.3%5D_cross_site_scripting%28XSS%29