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CVE-2009-3946

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: 2009-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Joomla! before 1.5.15 allows remote attackers to read an extension's XML file, and thereby obtain the extension's version number, via a direct request.

Affected products

• Joomla!: through 1.5.14; 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 (+8)

References

• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/306-20091103-core-xml-file-read-issue.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37262
• http://www.osvdb.org/59800
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54160
• http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/306-20091103-core-xml-file-read-issue.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37262
• http://www.osvdb.org/59800
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54160

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