Unscored severity · published Feb 26, 2009
CVE-2008-6299
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…
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CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Joomla · Joomla
through 1.5.7; 1.0; 1.0.0; 1.0.1; 1.0.2; 1.0.3; +29 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6299
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6299
Patch
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/283-20081101-core-comcontent-xss-vulnerability.html
Patch
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/284-20081102-core-comweblinks-xss-vulnerability.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32622
www.joomla.org
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5219-joomla-158-released.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32263
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3104
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