Security advisory

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  "id": "ec57c7316e2e90f6c0777701456d6febb0a6f71b5550151ff7e2358f17f576d5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6261",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-6261",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Joomla! before 3.9.2. Inadequate escaping in com_contact leads to a stored XSS vulnerability.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-6261",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-6261",
      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d53146a31d303a10b8cc4fa78a6fb16770ae50e7"
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                {
                  "fixed": "3ed1b9f2f29501e3a29aeb113da9b0974611eb04"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla\\!:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "2.5.0"
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                        "fixed": "3.9.2"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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            "3.9.0-beta2",
            "3.9.0-beta",
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            "3.8.11-rc",
            "3.8.6",
            "3.8.10",
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            "issues-241-257",
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            "3.8.7-rc",
            "3.8.6-rc1",
            "3.8.3",
            "3.8.3-rc",
            "3.8.5",
            "3.8.5-rc",
            "3.8.4-rc2",
            "3.8.4-rc",
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            "3.8.0-rc1",
            "3.8.0-beta2",
            "3.8.0-beta4",
            "3.8.0-beta1",
            "3.8.0-beta3",
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            "3.7.4-beta1",
            "3.7.3",
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            "3.7.3-rc1",
            "3.7.3-beta1",
            "3.7.2",
            "3.7.1",
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            "3.7.1-rc1",
            "3.7.0",
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            "3.7.0-rc3",
            "3.7.0-rc2",
            "3.7.0-rc1",
            "3.7.0-beta4",
            "3.7.0-beta3",
            "3.7.0-beta2",
            "3.7.0-beta1",
            "3.7.0-alpha1",
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            "3.6.3-rc2",
            "3.6.3-rc1",
            "3.6.2",
            "3.6.1",
            "3.6.1-rc2",
            "3.6.1-rc1",
            "3.6.0",
            "3.6.0-rc2",
            "3.6.0-rc",
            "3.6.0-beta2",
            "3.6.0-beta1",
            "3.6.0-alpha",
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            "3.5.1-rc2",
            "3.5.1-rc",
            "3.5.0",
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            "3.4.0-beta2",
            "3.4.0-beta1",
            "3.2.4",
            "3.3.0",
            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.1",
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            "3.2.0.alpha",
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            "3.0.3",
            "3.1.0_beta5",
            "3.1.0_beta4",
            "3.1.0_beta3",
            "3.1.0_beta2",
            "3.1.0_beta1",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.0",
            "3.0.0_beta1",
            "3.0.0_alpha-2",
            "3.0.0_alpha-1",
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-6261.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.682990708Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/761-20190102-core-stored-xss-in-com-contact"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-6261",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434042,
  "published_at": "2019-01-16T08:29:00.247+00:00"
}