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GooglemapsApplication · Mapsplugin

CVE-2013-7433

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-08-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 3.0 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Googlemaps plugin before 3.1 for Joomla!.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Googlemaps Joomla plugin versions prior to 3.1 allows attackers to inject malicious script through unsanitized user input, potentially compromising other users viewing the injected content.

MitigationUpdate Googlemaps plugin to version 3.1 or later. If immediate update is not feasible, disable the plugin until patched, or implement input validation/sanitization as a temporary workaround.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
GooglemapsApplication
Affected:<= 3.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate the Googlemaps plugin in Joomla
    Access the Joomla administrator panel, navigate to Extensions > Plugin Manager, and search for 'Googlemaps' or 'gmap' to find the plugin
    Affected if The plugin is installed and listed in the Joomla plugin manager
  2. Identify the installed plugin version
    In the Plugin Manager, click on the Googlemaps plugin entry and locate the version information typically displayed in the plugin details or version field
    Affected if The version displayed is 3.0 or lower, or if no version number is visible and the plugin was installed prior to the 3.1 release
  3. Confirm the plugin is enabled
    In the Plugin Manager, verify the Status column shows the Googlemaps plugin as Enabled
    Affected if The plugin status is Enabled, making the XSS vulnerability exploitable
  4. Check for unsanitized user input handling
    Examine the plugin parameters or any custom code that processes user-provided addresses or coordinates for the map display
    Affected if The plugin accepts user input (such as address parameters) without visible input validation or output encoding settings configured

A user is affected if the Googlemaps plugin is installed, enabled, and running at version 3.0 or lower, with user-supplied input being processed without sanitization.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 3.0
Interim mitigation

Update Googlemaps plugin to version 3.1 or later. If immediate update is not feasible, disable the plugin until patched, or implement input validation/sanitization as a temporary workaround.

Fix this in Googlemaps Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
5.0 hours of engineering $860
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