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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-40748

Lack of output escaping in the id attribute of menu lists.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:36 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-40748

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jan 2025, 17:15 UTC

Lack of output escaping in the id attribute of menu lists.

osv:CVE-2024-40748
Complete source record
{
  "id": "5a1440d8eafc4b455ad9090fa714ff99c2168d1761f4d605d87f74a36d320494",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40748",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-40748",
    "summary": "Lack of output escaping in the id attribute of menu lists.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-40748",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-40748",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-joomla-2024-40748",
        "CVE-2024-40748"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5f20de27b9640124ba185670a36ec40ebc9ec3f9"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a214bde03d2f68c6155ad21c8516bde6b58291cb"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "0e23b165e580270f5b53f9dc0c5fd17011f4bf87"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ac793f392ed1654b062a30f2aa4cdff3d9cb6178"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.4.10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.2.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40748.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.018570969Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/955-20250102-core-xss-vector-in-the-id-attribute-of-menu-lists.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
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              "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:elts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "joomla:joomla!",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "3.9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "3.10.20"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-40748",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435252,
  "published_at": "2025-01-07T17:15:23.587+00:00"
}