CVE-2006-1029 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Joomla by sending crafted input to the XSS filter, affecting availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1029?
CVE-2006-1029 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Joomla Joomla, published on 7 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cross-site scripting (XSS) countermeasures in class.inputfilter.php in Joomla! 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted mosmsg parameter to index.php with a malformed sequence of multiple tags, as demonstrated using "<<>AAA<><>", possibly due to nested or empty tags.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1029?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Joomla Joomla.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1029?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Joomla Joomla
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhhc-3m45-f6cf.