CVE-2009-1938

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joomla! 1.5.x through 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to database output and the frontend administrative panel.

Affected products

Joomla! Joomla: 1.5, 1.5-rc1, 1.5-rc2, 1.5-rc3, 1.5.0-beta, 1.5.0-beta1 (+12)

References

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/297-20090602-core-frontend-xss.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35278
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5235-joomla-1511-security-release-now-available.html
http://www.osvdb.org/54868
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35189
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50923
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/297-20090602-core-frontend-xss.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35278
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5235-joomla-1511-security-release-now-available.html
http://www.osvdb.org/54868
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35189

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