CVE-2017-7987

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2017-7987 · Published 25/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-7987 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting joomla! (joomla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.79%, higher than 56.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joomla! joomla	`= 3.2.0= 3.2.1= 3.2.2= 3.2.3= 3.2.4= 3.3.0= 3.3.1= 3.3.2= 3.3.3= 3.3.4= 3.3.5= 3.4.0= 3.4.1= 3.4.2= 3.4.3= 3.4.4= 3.4.5= 3.4.6= 3.4.7= 3.4.8= 3.5.0= 3.5.1= 3.6.0= 3.6.1= 3.6.2= 3.6.3= 3.6.4= 3.6.5`	No fix yet

Description

In Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate escaping of file and folder names leads to XSS vulnerabilities in the template manager component.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/98021 · Third Party Advisory
developer.joomla.org/security-centre/687-20170405-core-xss-vulnerability · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

joomla!

joomla

= 3.2.0= 3.2.1= 3.2.2= 3.2.3= 3.2.4= 3.3.0= 3.3.1= 3.3.2= 3.3.3= 3.3.4= 3.3.5= 3.4.0= 3.4.1= 3.4.2= 3.4.3= 3.4.4= 3.4.5= 3.4.6= 3.4.7= 3.4.8= 3.5.0= 3.5.1= 3.6.0= 3.6.1= 3.6.2= 3.6.3= 3.6.4= 3.6.5

No fix yet

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