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CVE-2008-3228

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Joomla! before 1.5.4 does not configure .htaccess to apply certain security checks that "block common exploits" to SEF URLs, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Affected products

• Joomla! Joomla: through 1.5.3; 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+17)

References

• http://www.joomla.org/content/view/5180/1/
• http://www.joomla.org/content/view/5180/1/1/1/#htaccess
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44206
• http://www.joomla.org/content/view/5180/1/
• http://www.joomla.org/content/view/5180/1/1/1/#htaccess
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44206

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