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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-23125

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.1.0 through 3.9.23. The lack of escaping of image-related parameters in multiple com_tags views cause lead to XSS attack vectors.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:29 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-23125

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jan 2021, 21:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.1.0 through 3.9.23. The lack of escaping of image-related parameters in multiple com_tags views cause lead to XSS attack vectors.

osv:CVE-2021-23125
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23125",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-23125",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Joomla! 3.1.0 through 3.9.23. The lack of escaping of image-related parameters in multiple com_tags views cause lead to XSS attack vectors.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23125",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-23125",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-joomla-2021-23125",
        "CVE-2021-23125"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "435d780d9a87504267256033c5f6fb984f713ff9"
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "3.1.0"
                      },
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              }
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.065241102Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/838-20210103-core-xss-in-com-tags-image-parameters.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429928,
  "published_at": "2021-01-12T21:15:18.997+00:00"
}