CVE-2009-1279

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 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: 2009-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Joomla! 1.5 through 1.5.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors to the (1) com_admin component, (2) com_search component when "Gather Search Statistics" is enabled, and (3) the category view in the com_content component.

Affected products

Joomla! Joomla: 1.5, 1.5.0-beta, 1.5.0-beta1, 1.5.0-beta2, 1.5.0-rc1, 1.5.1 (+8)

References

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/293-20090301-core-multiple-xsscsrf.html
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/294-20090302-core-comcontent-xss.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34551
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34360
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49654
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49655
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/293-20090301-core-multiple-xsscsrf.html
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/294-20090302-core-comcontent-xss.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34551
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34360
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49654
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49655

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