CVE-2017-7626 describes a medium-severity Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in version 1.1 of the "Smart related articles" extension for Joomla!, specifically within the dialog.php component when handling 'n_art' and 'type' parameters via GET requests. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into a user's browser, requiring user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, and potentially leading to information disclosure (C:L) and integrity compromise (I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smart_related_articles_project:smart_related_articles:1.1:*:*:*:*:joomla\!:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.