CVE-2008-6299

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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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46523

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3104

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32263

http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5219-joomla-158-released.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/32622

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/284-20081102-core-comweblinks-xss-vulnerability.html

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/283-20081101-core-comcontent-xss-vulnerability.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-02-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00006