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CVE-2009-4157

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in the ProofReader (com_proofreader) component 1.0 RC9 and earlier for Joomla! allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI, which is not properly handled in (1) 404 or (2) error pages.

Affected products

• Joomlatune Com Proofreader: through 1.0; 1.0-rc6

References

• http://websecurity.com.ua/3482/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37145
• http://websecurity.com.ua/3482/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37145

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