CVE-2008-6299

Joomla < 1.5.7 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.5.7 and earlier allow remote authenticated users with certain privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the title and description parameters to the com_weblinks module and (2) unspecified vectors in the com_content module related to "article submission."

References (7)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/283-20081101-core-comcontent-xss-vulnerability.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/284-20081102-core-comweblinks-xss-vulnerability.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32622

[Various Sources] http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5219-joomla-158-released.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3104

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46523

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32263

Scores

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 0.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (36)

joomla/joomla < 1.5.7

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Timeline

Published Feb 26, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026