CVE-2008-4105
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
JRequest in Joomla! 1.5 before 1.5.7 does not sanitize variables that were set with JRequest::setVar, which allows remote attackers to conduct "variable injection" attacks and have unspecified other impact.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4088)
- Published
- September 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4088 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joomla / joomla
- joomla / joomla
- joomla / joomla
- joomla / joomla
- joomla / joomla
- joomla / joomla
- joomla / joomla
References
- http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/271-20080901-core-jrequest-variable-injection.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122115344915232&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122118210029084&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152798516853&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31789
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4275
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020843
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45069
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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