Joomla Extension - dj-extensions.com - Unauthenticated Stored XSS in DJ-HelpfulArticles < 1.3.0
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- published
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- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The DJ-HelpfulArticles extension for Joomla (versions before 1.3.0) is affected. An unauthenticated attacker can submit a malicious value through the article voting feature, which is then stored and displayed without escaping in the administrator backend, allowing script injection that could run in an administrator's browser.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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Joomla Extension - dj-extensions.com - Unauthenticated Stored XSS in DJ-HelpfulArticles < 1.3.0 - The “was this article helpful” voting widget posts a client-supplied ip field to its AJAX handlers (getDeny, getConfirm, getDenyReason in mod_djhelpful_articles/helper.php), reachable without authentication through com_ajax. The value was stored exactly as submitted instead of being taken from the connection by the server. It was then printed without output escaping in the administrator backend’s “Helpful articles” overview (views/items/tmpl/default.php). $db->quote() was applied on insert, which protects the SQL statement but does nothing for HTML output. There was no CSRF token, no rate limit, and the vote de-duplication keyed on the same attacker-controlled field.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- com_djhelpfularticles
1.0.0-1.2.0