CVE-2008-3228 describes a security misconfiguration in Joomla! versions prior to 1.5.4, where the .htaccess file fails to apply crucial security checks to Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs. This oversight could lead to unknown remote attack vectors and impact, potentially allowing for information disclosure, unauthorized modification, or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomla:joomla:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.