Joomla! contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a remote attacker provides malformed HTML tags to the 'mosmsg' variable in the poll system. Due to an error in the anti cross site scripting (XSS) code in includes/phpInputFilter/class.inputfilter.php, such a request will cause a denial of service and may result in loss of availability for the system.
Classification
Location:
Remote / Network Access
Attack Type:
Denial of Service,
Input Manipulation
Impact:
Loss of Availability
Exploit:
Exploit Public
Disclosure:
Vendor Verified
OSVDB:
Web Related
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.0.8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.
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