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CVE-2008-4122

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-319

Description

Joomla! 1.5.8 does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.

Affected products

• Joomla!: 1.5.8

References

• http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-4122-joomla.html
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4794
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499295/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499354/100/0/threaded
• http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-4122-joomla.html
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4794
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499295/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499354/100/0/threaded

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