CVE-2009-1940

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% 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 the administrator panel in the com_users core component for Joomla! 1.5.x through 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Joomla! Joomla: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+5)

References

http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/295-20090601-core-comusers-xss.html
http://osvdb.org/54869
http://secunia.com/advisories/35278
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5235-joomla-1511-security-release-now-available.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35189
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50924
http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/295-20090601-core-comusers-xss.html
http://osvdb.org/54869
http://secunia.com/advisories/35278
http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5235-joomla-1511-security-release-now-available.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35189

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