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Joomla 3rd Party Extensions Security Vulnerabilities

A vulnerable extension is one that has been found to contain, or contribute to, a security vulnerability.

Vulnerable extensions are not necessarily poorly-coded extensions. As the Web evolves, technical requirements and commonly accepted coding practices also change. Active projects release new versions of their extensions as requirements change. For this reason, it is important to:

  1. Know the version numbers of all installed extensions.
  2. Use only the latest stable version of all extensions.
  3. Completely remove all files of insecure or unused extensions.

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This is a list of 3rd party Joomla extensions (components, modules, mambots and plugins) with known vulnerabilities that will allow hackers access to your site. If you are using any of the following compnents please upgrade or remove the component as listed under fix. It is also very important to make sure you are using the latest version of Joomla, currently 1.0.13, as earlier versions have several High Level vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities dont just effects your website it effects other clients and the entire server as a whole. The current list can be viewed in the Joomla FAQ Section

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Check and Report.

Please check with the extension publisher in case of any questions over the security of their product. Report Vulnerable extensions in the security forum clearly marked with the first word in the title being Vulnerable where the security moderators or JSST team will respond. This list is change protected, for additions or updates email vel @ joomla.org Mandville or lafrance are the main editors

How to use this list

Items will be removed after a suitable period and not on resolution All known vulnerable extensions are the listed in the first column. Any in a red box are where we have not been given a fix for. Alert Advisory details in the centre column . Finally a link to the notice about any update with link or Not Known where none is known.

This list is compiled from found information and may not be an up to date accurate list We do NOT promise to test or validate these reports. We do NOT guarantee the quality or effectiveness of any updates reported to us or listed here. To sign up for the feed please follow this link

  • We do not list BETA products, or extensions for J1.0.x

February 2010 and onwards Reported Vulnerable Extensions

Please check with the extension publisher in case of any questions over the security of their product. Report Vulnerable extensions either in the jforum:432 security topic clearly marked with the first word in the title being Vulnerable Report where the security moderators or JSST team will respond or via email to the VEL team. For a guide to the codes

Please see all current vulnerability reports here http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List

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