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SCA: security update for joomla/session (GHSA-wwfh-28hx-w2r2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434991

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Session package 1.x before 1.3.1 for Joomla! Framework allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
 code via unspecified session values. (CVE-2015-8566)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwfh-28hx-w2r2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434991

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8566

BID: 79197

cwe: CWE-74