Easy Quick ContactApplication · Joomboost
CVE-2023-40659
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 · uneditedA reflected XSS vulnerability was discovered in the Easy Quick Contact module 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 confidenceA reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Easy Quick Contact module for Joomla. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code through unsanitized user input that gets reflected back to the victim within the web page response.
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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
Easy Quick ContactApplication
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.3.0CVSS 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:3.1/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Easy Quick Contact module is installedIn Joomla administrator panel, go to Extensions > Manage and search for 'Easy Quick Contact' or list all installed modules to verify the presence of Joomboost Easy Quick ContactAffected if The module is not found in the extensions list (not affected)
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Identify the installed module versionIn Extensions > Manage, click on the Easy Quick Contact entry to view its details and version numberAffected if The version is between 1.0.0 and 1.3.0 inclusive (potentially affected)
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Check if the module is published on the siteIn Joomla administrator, go to Extensions > Modules, filter by type 'mod_easyquickcontact' or search for Easy Quick Contact, and check the status columnAffected if The module shows as Published (enabled on the frontend)
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Verify which module positions or menu items use the moduleIn Extensions > Modules, open the Easy Quick Contact module and review the 'Position' assignment and 'Menu Assignment' settings to see where it appearsAffected if The module is assigned to visible frontend pages
The environment is affected if the Joomboost Easy Quick Contact module is installed with version 1.0.0 through 1.3.0 and is published on the frontend, as the XSS flaw exists in unsanitized user input reflection within this version range.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 dataApply proper input validation and output encoding/escaping to all user-supplied parameters before rendering them in HTML. Use Joomla's built-in filtering methods or appropriate encoding functions to neutralize script execution attempts.
Fix this in Easy Quick Contact
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-40659 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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