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    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 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."

    Published:Feb 26, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Feb 26, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00007
    CVSS Score:3.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Joomla
    Product
    Joomla

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/283-20081101-core-comcontent-xss-vulnerability.html
    http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/284-20081102-core-comweblinks-xss-vulnerability.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32622
    http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5219-joomla-158-released.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32263
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3104
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46523
    http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/283-20081101-core-comcontent-xss-vulnerability.html
    http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/284-20081102-core-comweblinks-xss-vulnerability.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32622
    http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5219-joomla-158-released.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32263
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3104
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46523

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High