Helix Ultimate vulnerabilities

Helix Ultimate extension for Joomla (versions < 2.2.11) contains a Stored XSS vulnerability in the Mega Menu Badge Text field. Malicious HTML/JS can be stored and executed in the user's browser.

Helix Ultimate extension for Joomla (versions < 2.2.11) contains a Stored XSS vulnerability in the Media Picker. Malicious HTML/JS can be stored and executed in the user's browser.

The Joomla extension Helix Ultimate below version 2.2.7 is vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion. An attacker without logging in can delete any file on the server.

An Open Redirect vulnerability was found in Helix Ultimate for Joomla (versions < 2.2.10) via the Base64 return parameter. Redirect parameters accept arbitrary Base64 strings without verifying if the target is an internal URL.

In Helix Ultimate for Joomla before 2.2.10, a privileged file upload bypass via content spoofing was found. Previously only file extension and basic size were validated, allowing non-image files with raster extensions to be uploaded. Strict MIME verification and GD binary raster decoding were added to reject invalid images.

Helix Ultimate extension for Joomla (versions < 2.2.11) contains a Stored XSS vulnerability in the MegaMenu layout container and Embed inputs. Unsanitized column and item configuration values stored in the MegaMenu layout JSON were rendered without complete contextual escaping, allowing injection of malicious HTML/JS.

A missing authorization vulnerability was found in Helix Ultimate for Joomla (versions < 2.2.10) in MegaMenu settings. The AJAX endpoint save-megamenu-settings fails to enforce item-level and menu-level edit permissions. An authenticated user can modify layout parameters for arbitrary menu items without proper authorization.

A broken object-level authorization vulnerability was found in Helix Ultimate for Joomla (versions < 2.2.10) in blog image deletion. Blog::remove_image() checks if the user is authorized to edit the article, but does not verify if the image path belongs to that article. On Joomla 3 builds, an author can delete arbitrary files under /images/.

The Joomla extension Helix Ultimate before version 2.2.7 is vulnerable to unauthenticated stored XSS. An attacker can inject malicious script without authentication.