CVE-2008-6299 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.5.7 and earlier versions. Specifically, authenticated users with certain privileges could inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'title' and 'description' parameters of the com_weblinks module, and via unspecified vectors related to article submission in the com_content module. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring authentication, with the potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.7CPE 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:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.