2026-09-27 11:44CVE-2026-97165Joomla
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-601CWE-79

Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Reflected XSS and open redirect in Event Gallery extension < 6.5.0

Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Reflected XSS and open redirect in Event Gallery extension < 6.5.0 - The “return” parameter is base64-decoded and written to the “Back” link without being validated.

Problem type

Affected products

svenbluege.de

Event Gallery for Joomla

1.0.0-6.0.0 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-3g59-55jw-r38v

Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Reflected XSS and open redirect in Event Gallery extension < 6...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g59-55jw-r38v

Joomla Extension - svenbluege.de - Reflected XSS and open redirect in Event Gallery extension < 6.5.0 - The “return” parameter is base64-decoded and written to the “Back” link without being validated.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-97165
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