---
id: CVE-2023-54362
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2026-04-09'
updated: '2026-09-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-26T23:10:00.127'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54362'
references:
  - url: 'https://demo.virtuemart.net/'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51631'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://www.virtuemart.net/'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/joomla-virtuemart-shopping-cart-reflected-xss-via-keyword
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00194
epssPercentile: 0.08125
ingestedAt: '2026-09-26T23:39:28.806Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.