CVE-2009-3368

com_hbssearch - Cross-Site Scripting via Adult Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-3368. PoCs published by K-159.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in Joomla Hotel Booking System. It provides multiple PoC URLs to exploit unsanitized parameters in various PHP scripts, leading to information disclosure or arbitrary script execution.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hotel Booking Reservation System (aka HBS or com_hbssearch) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the adult parameter in a showhoteldetails action to index.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by K-159 · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9648

This exploit demonstrates SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in Joomla Hotel Booking System. It provides multiple PoC URLs to exploit unsanitized parameters in various PHP scripts, leading to information disclosure or arbitrary script execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli | Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Joomla Hotel Booking System Package I, II, III
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to vulnerable Joomla Hotel Booking System instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33215
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9648
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36380
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506444/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0153
EPSS Percentile 71.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
joomlahbs/com_hbssearch
Published Sep 24, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026