CVE-2008-6299

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6299
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-26 16:17:19 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.0 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.10 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.11 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.12 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.13 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.14 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.7 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.8 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.0.9 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.03 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 beta All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 beta1 All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 beta2 All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0_beta All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0_beta1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0_beta2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.0_rc1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.1 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.2 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.5 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5.6 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5rc3 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla 1.5rc4 All All All
Application Joomla Joomla All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Joomla! Script Insertion Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Joomla 1.5.8 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.joomla.org
Joomla! Developer - [20081102] - Core - com_weblinks XSS vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.joomla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Joomla! Developer - [20081101] - Core - com_content XSS vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.joomla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Joomla! Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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