GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 — joomla/joomla-cms
MEDIUMGHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in joomla/joomla-cms. A fix is available for joomla/joomla-cms — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Joomla! XSS in Default Templates
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,238 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
joomla/joomla-cmsReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
In Joomla! 3.x before 3.9.12, inadequate escaping allowed XSS attacks using the logo parameter of the default templates.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | joomla/joomla-cms | ≥ 3.0.0&&< 3.9.12 | 3.9.12composer require joomla/joomla-cms:^3.9.12 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for joomla/joomla-cms, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update joomla/joomla-cms to 3.9.12 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-v84j-vh7x-g7j6 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.