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Security advisory
In Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering leads to XSS in the template manager component.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-7984
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Joomla! 3.2.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering leads to XSS in the template manager component.
osv:CVE-2017-7984
Complete source record
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