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CVE-2008-6299

14
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 1,638 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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