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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-7985

In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

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CVE-2017-7985
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1 Nov 2026, 07:23 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-7985

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Apr 2017, 18:59 UTC

In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

osv:CVE-2017-7985
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7985",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2017-7985",
    "summary": "In Joomla! 1.5.0 through 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.7.0), inadequate filtering of multibyte characters leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-7985",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.598724271Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-107",
        "https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-108",
        "https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-17-109",
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/685-20170403-core-xss-vulnerability"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437747,
  "published_at": "2017-04-25T18:59:00.307+00:00"
}