Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2023-54362Joomla VirtueMart Shopping-Cart 4.0.12 Reflected XSS via keyword

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Cart from Virtuemart. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Joomla VirtueMart Shopping-Cart 4.0.12 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the keyword parameter. Attackers can craft malicious URLs containing script payloads in the keyword parameter of the product-variants endpoint to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers and steal session tokens or credentials.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Virtuemart	Cart	4.0.12

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

ExploitDB-51631 exploit
Official Product Homepage product
Product Reference product
VulnCheck Advisory: Joomla VirtueMart Shopping-Cart 4.0.12 Reflected XSS via keyword third-party-advisory