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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2022-23801

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Possible XSS atack vector through SVG embedding in com_media.

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CVEs
CVE-2022-23801
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1 Nov 2026, 05:37 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2022-23801

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Mar 2022, 16:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Possible XSS atack vector through SVG embedding in com_media.

osv:CVE-2022-23801
Complete source record
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  "id": "b907540a83d5f32c83d5aa1e90ffe3e9f9d2f12bd1d425baf82750e86641ed2f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23801",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-23801",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.1.0. Possible XSS atack vector through SVG embedding in com_media.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-23801",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-23801",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-joomla-2022-23801",
        "CVE-2022-23801"
      ],
      "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": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5f20de27b9640124ba185670a36ec40ebc9ec3f9"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "49c1e96a77e192ab5cd1071df88ba2e48683218e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.1.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-23801.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:31.359149829Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/878-20220309-core-xss-attack-vector-through-svg.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-23801",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432781,
  "published_at": "2022-03-30T16:15:11.787+00:00"
}