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CVE-2008-1848

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the joomlaXplorer (com_joomlaxplorer) Mambo/Joomla! component 1.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the error parameter in a show_error action to index.php.

Affected products

• Joomlacode Joomlaexplorer: through 1.6.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28746
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41779
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28746
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41779
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5431

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