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CVE-2022-23796
[20220304] - Core - Missing input validation within com_fields class inputs
Medium6.1EPSS 0.59%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Joomla
Description
An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.7.0 through 3.10.6. Lack of input validation could allow an XSS attack using com_fields.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Joomla
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (7 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
- affected 3.7.0-3.10.6
References (1)
- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/873-20220304-core-missing-input-validation-within-com-fields-class-inputs.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCvendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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