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CVE-2008-6882

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Live Chat (com_livechat) component 1.0 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to use the xmlhttp.php script as an open HTTP proxy to hide network scanning activities or scan internal networks via a GET request with a full URL in the query string.

Affected products

• Joompolitan Com Livechat: 1.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32803
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47305
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7441
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32803
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47305
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7441

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