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CVE-2018-6378
In Joomla! Core before 3.8.8, inadequate filtering of file and folder names leads to various XSS attack vectors in the media manager.
Medium6.1EPSS 1.4%
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Description
In Joomla! Core before 3.8.8, inadequate filtering of file and folder names leads to various XSS attack vectors in the media manager.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/737-20180509-core-xss-vulnerability-in-the-media-manager.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 104268 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1040966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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